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iHeartRadio’s “Thank a Teacher” Campaign Announces 2026 Winners

For more than a decade, iHeartRadio has partnered with education non-profit DonorsChoose to launch the Thank a Teacher contest in 160 radio markets to ask listeners to nominate their favorite teacher for a chance toimg be celebrated on-air and transform their classrooms with a $5,000 DonorsChoose gift card. iHeartMedia president of programming operations and digital music says, “iHeartRadio’s ‘Thank a Teacher’ aims to shine a light on the quiet and positive work happening in classrooms across the country and to offer a very public thank you to the teachers who are doing so much.” Over the course of the contest 60,000 teachers were nominated for $50,000 in gift cards shared by the 10 final winners. See the winners here.