A majority of Americans think teachers are underappreciated by society at large, according to a HuffPost/YouGov poll conducted last week. But this week, for National Teacher Appreciation Week, parents and students around the country have been showing educators how much they value their work.
We asked our Twitter community to send us examples of what they did to show teachers they care. Likewise, we asked teachers to send examples of gifts they have received.
Here are some of the responses we got:
@HufPostEdu #HPHeartsTeachers pic.twitter.com/H43zxmVb6c
— Katie Brown (@brownbear821) May 7, 2015
Cupcakes! RT @HuffPostEdu: #Teachers: Have you gotten gifts for #TeacherAppreciationWeek? #HPHeartsTeachers pic.twitter.com/bVRXIBx1X1
— Lori Welter (@lalw925) May 7, 2015
Marcos Saldivar contributed to this article.