2012 National Teacher of the Year Rebecca Mieliwocki watches President Obama (April 24, 2012)

2012 National Teacher of the Year Rebecca Mieliwocki, a 7th-grade English teacher at Luther Burbank High School in Burbank, Calif., watches as President Barack Obama honors the 2012 National and State Teachers of the Year in the East Room of the White House, April 24, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)