Nadia Lopez is the founding principal of Mott Hall Bridges Academy, where she is showing the world how underprivileged communities can beat the odds and create positive institutions that have a global impact.

Through blended courses Anant Agarwal is pairing online education with face-to-face student-faculty interactions, reshaping the university campus experience.

Diane Wolk-Rogers has been a Florida public school teacher for more than three decades.

As a high school chemistry teacher, Ramsey Musallam expands curiosity in the classroom through multimedia and new technology.

Inspired by Mister Rogers, Sara DeWitt strives to make every child feel special by charting the forefront of new digital mediums where kids spend their time.

Rita F. Pierson spent her entire life in or around the classroom, having followed both her parents and grandparents into a career as an educator.

Stuart Firestein teaches students and “citizen scientists” that ignorance is far more important to discovery than knowledge.

Kandice Sumner thinks we've been looking at the "achievement gap" in education all wrong.

Despite an attack on his daughter Malala in 2012, Ziauddin Yousafzai continues his fight to educate children in the developing world.

Pearl Arredondo helped establish a pilot middle school that teaches students to be good communicators in the 21st century.

Shabana Basij-Rasikh helps girls and young women in Afghanistan get an education.

Through education and technology-focused community centers, Aleph Molinari empowers the 5 billion people who cannot access or use the Internet and other technologies.