--- description: Teachers have the power to shape the future. TIME is highlighting U.S. educators who are improving their field and making a difference for their students in a unique way. title: TIME Innovative Teachers 2022 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltedde504804b46c39/698a3264db29877b80267de2/Extraordinary-Teachers-Final-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  Illustration by Taylor Callery for TIME # TIME Innovative Teachers 2022 Teachers have the power to shape the future. This year, TIME is highlighting U.S. educators who are improving their field and making a difference for their students in a unique way. ## Innovative Teachers 2022 *  [Felisa Ford Created a Minecraft World to Teach Anti-Racism. It's Now the Most Downloaded World Globally](/collections/time-innovative-teachers-2022/6178899/felisa-ford-innovative-teachers-2022/) bySimmone Shah *  [To Pivot During the Pandemic, Kevin Bross Created a Teaching Model Based on Medical Rounds](/collections/time-innovative-teachers-2022/6179061/kevin-bross-innovative-teachers-2022/) byTara Law *  [Joann Blumenfeld Is Fighting to Get Kids With Disabilities Into High-Paying STEM Careers](/collections/time-innovative-teachers-2022/6178808/joann-blumenfeld-innovative-teachers-2022/) byKatie Reilly *  [Science Teacher Rachna Nath Helps Students Pitch Their Inventions to Potential Investors](/collections/time-innovative-teachers-2022/6179074/rachna-nath-innovative-teachers-2022/) byKatie Reilly *  [How Biology Teacher Ralph Saint-Louis Is Helping BIPOC Students and Educators Feel Seen](/collections/time-innovative-teachers-2022/6179323/ralph-saint-louis-innovative-teachers-2022/) bySanya Mansoor *  [Neelam Patil Shows Students They Can Do Something About Climate Change](/collections/time-innovative-teachers-2022/6181167/neelam-patil-innovative-teachers-2022/) bySabrina Toppa *  [To Fatima Morrell, Who Helped Buffalo Students Heal After a Shooting, Teaching Anti-Racism is Violence Prevention](/collections/time-innovative-teachers-2022/6183629/fatima-morrell-innovative-teachers-2022/) byKatie Reilly *  [Language Teacher Akash Patel Connects Classrooms Around the World via Video Chat](/collections/time-innovative-teachers-2022/6179344/akash-patel-innovative-teachers-2022/) byMariah Espada *  [Marie Moreno Is Educating Immigrant and Refugee Kids—and Their Parents](/collections/time-innovative-teachers-2022/6183641/marie-moreno-innovative-teachers-2022/) byKatie Reilly *  [Willow Rosen Teaches Kids and Teens About the Toughest Subject—Themselves](/collections/time-innovative-teachers-2022/6183896/willow-rosen-innovative-teachers-2022/) byHannah Smothers TIME's Innovative Teachers of 2022 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time-innovative-teachers-2022/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time-innovative-teachers-2022/"},"headline":"TIME Innovative Teachers 2022","description":"Teachers have the power to shape the future. This year, TIME is highlighting U.S. educators who are improving their field and making a difference for their students in a unique way.","url":"https://time.com/collections/time-innovative-teachers-2022/","datePublished":"2026-03-17T00:08:47.268Z","dateModified":"2026-03-17T00:08:47.012Z","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156}},"mainEntity":{"@type":"ItemList","numberOfItems":10,"itemListOrder":"Descending"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltedde504804b46c39/698a3264db29877b80267de2/Extraordinary-Teachers-Final-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time-innovative-teachers-2022/","name":"TIME Innovative Teachers 2022"}}]}] ```