Maths teacher Eddie Woo makes top 10 in Global Teacher Prize

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published February 14, 2018

Australian educator Eddie Woo, a mathematics teacher from Cherrybrook Technology High School, has been named a top 10 finalist for the US $1 million Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2018.

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Woo and the other finalists have been selected from over 30,000 nominations and applications from 173 countries around the ...

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