NCTQ advisory board member and TFA alum Jason Kamras has been named as the 2005 National Teacher of the Year in a ceremony held today in the Rose Garden at the White House. As the first Washington, DC teacher to achieve this honor, Kamras will take a year sabbatical from his classroom at the John Philip Sousa Middle School in the SE to put a face on the collective effort to reform teaching profession by reaching out to fellow teachers, students, business leaders, policy makers and elected officials around the country. The National Teacher of the Year competition is sponsored by the ING Group, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), and the Scholastic Corporation.