A Maryland high school English teacher was awarded a $1 million Global Teacher Prize as recognition for the work she's done to help her students strive for a college education. Keishia Thorpe, a Prince George's County teacher at the International High School in Langley Park, beat out more than 8,000 applicants from 121 countries, the Varkey Foundation announced on Wednesday. "Education is a human right, and all children should be entitled to have access to it. So this recognition is not just about me, but about all the dreamers who work so hard and dare to dream of ending generational poverty,"  Thorpe remarked in the ceremony that was streamed online.  Thorpe was extremely appreciative that the foundation was highlighting the importance of teachers and promoting their stories.   "This is to encourage every little Black boy and girl that looks like me, and every child in the world that feels marginalized and has a story like mine, and felt they never mattered," she continued.  ...