Dallas teacher named a TIME innovative teacher of the year, a recognition given to just 10 teachers nationally who are “changing the landscape of education.”
Editor's note: This story was originally published on November 28, 2021, and was updated on June 9 to include the TIME recognition.
“To see that what I started in my classroom a few years ago … is helping bring joy, is inspiring innovation and cross-cultural understanding is quite heartening,” Patel said.recognition In November, the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages — an international organization for educators — elected Patel as its president.
But neither sibling felt that it was their calling. So the two bought an SUV off of Craigslist, drove south to Oklahoma and chose what they wanted to study. Patel initially wasn’t sure what area he wanted to transition to, but after graduating from an area community college with an associate degree in arts, he was recruited by a liberal arts college that was looking for “people of color to become teachers.
After his twin brother died in a plane crash in 2018, Patel created the Happy World Foundation, a global education nonprofit, to honor his memory. Today, the foundation helps teachers in the United States connect their classrooms with about 1,200 volunteers from more than 150 countries for video meetups.
He “personifies joy and optimism, and he has a very infectious spirit that I think, frankly, we need a lot more of nowadays,” ACTFL executive director Howie Berman said.
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