{"id":299417,"date":"2026-05-19T07:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T07:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/299417\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T07:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T07:50:07","slug":"vote-for-texas-teacher-before-may-21-deadline-in-americas-favorite-teacher-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/299417\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote for Texas Teacher Before May 21 Deadline in America\u2019s Favorite Teacher Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Austin, TX \u2014 An Austin educator is the only Texas teacher still in the running to become America\u2019s Favorite Teacher.<\/p>\n

Lauren Martin<\/a>, who teaches 4th grade at the charter school NYOS in Austin, has advanced to the finals of the nationwide competition that celebrates educators while raising money for nonprofit organizations. Organizers say the contest has raised more than $6 million since 2024.<\/p>\n

The winner of America\u2019s Favorite Teacher will receive: $25,000, a trip to Hawaii, a feature in Reader\u2019s Digest, and a school assembly with Bill Nye!<\/p>\n

Martin says the best part of teaching is helping students recognize their potential. “I love teaching because I get to create a safe environment for my students daily. Helping a child see their potential is the greatest thing!\u201d Martin said.<\/p>\n

Let’s help her win! Voting for the 2026 America\u2019s Favorite Teacher competition ends Thursday, May 21, at 7 p.m. Pacific Time, which is 9 p.m. Central Time. The winner is expected to be announced on or around June 5.<\/p>\n

Vote here: https:\/\/americasfavteacher.org\/2026\/lauren-martin<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Austin, TX \u2014 An Austin educator is the only Texas teacher still in the running to become America\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-299417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}