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Two Brooklyn teachers win $25,000 FLAG awards for teaching excellence

Rayhan Ahmed and Shaude Tyson won $25,000 each in the 2026 FLAG Award for Teaching Excellence, with their Brooklyn schools each receiving a $10,000 arts grant.

By Bushwick Daily News Desk

June 19, 2026 · 3 min read

Rayhan Ahmed, chemistry teacher at Gotham Professional Arts Academy, holds a 5,000 FLAG Award check with students and staff
Rayhan Ahmed, a chemistry and environmental biochemistry teacher at Gotham Professional Arts Academy, celebrates winning the 5,000 FLAG Award for Teaching Excellence with her students and colleagues. Photo courtesy of The FLAG Award for Teaching Excellence. Photo courtesy of The FLAG Award for Teaching Excellence
News Bed-Stuy

Two Brooklyn teachers win $25,000 FLAG awards for teaching excellence

Rayhan Ahmed and Shaude Tyson won $25,000 each in the 2026 FLAG Award for Teaching Excellence, with their Brooklyn schools each receiving a $10,000 arts grant.

Bed-Stuy · · 3 min read
Two Brooklyn teachers win $25,000 FLAG awards for teaching excellence

Two Brooklyn public school teachers just won $25,000 each for the way they teach, and their schools are getting a grant on top of it.

Rayhan Ahmed of Gotham Professional Arts Academy and Shaude Tyson of Bedford-Stuyvesant’s P.S. 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School were named grand prize winners of…

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