Brett Bigham

Brett Bigham is an American educator and the 2014 Oregon Teacher of the Year. He was also one of 39 people in the United States given a 2015 National Education Association Award for Teaching Excellence. Bigham was the first Oregon special education teacher to win either of those awards. He was honored at a White House ceremony on May 1, 2014, by President Barack Obama along with each state's Teacher of the Year and Sean McComb, the National Teacher of the Year. He was fired less than a year later after filing state and federal complaints against the Multnomah Education Service District for anti-gay bullying, discrimination, retaliation and harassment. The state investigation supported these allegations. The district paid Bigham a large settlement.

Brett Bigham

Brett Bigham is an American educator and the 2014 Oregon Teacher of the Year. He was also one of 39 people in the United States given a 2015 National Education Association Award for Teaching Excellence. Bigham was the first Oregon special education teacher to win either of those awards. He was honored at a White House ceremony on May 1, 2014, by President Barack Obama along with each state's Teacher of the Year and Sean McComb, the National Teacher of the Year. He was fired less than a year later after filing state and federal complaints against the Multnomah Education Service District for anti-gay bullying, discrimination, retaliation and harassment. The state investigation supported these allegations. The district paid Bigham a large settlement.