Did you know that What Does It Mean To Be Global? just won a Teachers’ Choice Award?

By Rana DiOrio, Founder, Little Pickle Press

Did you know that our first title, What Does It Mean To Be Global? just won Learning® Magazine 2011 Teachers’ Choice™ Award for Children’s Books? This represents the sixth industry accolade for our book!

The history of the Teachers’ Choice Awards. In 1994, Learning® Magazine introduced the first Teachers’ Choice Awards program.  Since then, the program has grown to become one of the most recognized and prestigious awards in the educational market.  For the 8^th annual program, 14 Children’s Books winners were chosen based on their scores from the evaluations generated by a panel of teachers across the country.

The evaluation process. A team of teachers evaluates each book in the classroom.  The books are evaluated on quality, instructional value, ease of use, and innovation. Each book is assessed on its own merit.  Only those books that meet the teachers’ stringent standards are chosen to receive a Teachers’ Choice Award. 

What distinguishes Teachers’ Choice from other educational awards programs?

Teachers’ Choice is the only awards program that is judged exclusively by teachers in the classroom. What better way to evaluate a product’s educational value than to test it in actual learning environments?

For more information. To learn more about this award, the other winners, or how to enter your media for adjudication, please visit contact Heather Crews, Teachers’ Choice Awards Coordinator, at 336-851-8251 or hcrews at learningmagazine dot com.