Overview
- Gloria Argentina Cisneros, principal‑teacher at E.E.P. Nº 793 in Taco Pozo, Chaco, turned a remote, resource‑poor school into a hub for learning and community support.
- Her initiatives include installing solar power and connectivity, running research‑based learning, publishing student‑written books, and launching a home‑library program for every family.
- Miguel Alejandro Rodríguez, a technical education teacher at ET Nº 3 in Buenos Aires, founded the Club de Ciencias Cóndor in 2012 to replace rote exams with empathy‑driven, real‑world problem solving.
- His students developed low‑cost technologies from recycled materials, including fungal remediation systems, water screens, renewable‑energy kits, biodigesters, and microorganism detectors for rural schools.
- The Global Teacher Prize, run by the Varkey Foundation with UNESCO, awards $1 million in its tenth year, with the shortlist moving to further rounds before a single winner is named in 2026.