Betsy Rogers, 2003 National Teacher of the Year and member of the Teacher Leaders Network, recently traveled to South Africa as a People to People citizen ambassador. With a teacher's instinctive knack - and training - for being observant, Betsy soaked up everything in her travels and came home armed with lessons that could be applied to education in her home state, Alabama. Read her guest blog at the Alabama Best Practices Center to find out more.