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Indian American elementary teacher Revathi Balakrishnan was among 56 “State Teachers of the Year” honored by President Barack Obama at the White House. The president honored the teachers May 3.Balakrishnan is a talent and gifted specialist teacher at Patsy Sommer Elementary School in Austin, Texas, and was chosen as the Texas Teacher of the Year by the Council of Chief State School Officers as part of the National Teacher of the Year Program.The University of Madras and Northeastern University graduate, earning a bachelor`s and master`s in economics, respectively, was also honored in 2011 by the Texas Association for Gifted and Talented as the Region XIII Gifted and Talented Teacher of the Year.
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