Instead of thanking a teacher, praising 'em for their hard work and courage, how about the following, instead:
*Pay them enough to live comfortably in the cities where they teach so they don't have to live in their vans, or share a studio with roommates
*Treat them as the professionals they are, having passed rigorous training and certification processes, and respect that they are the most qualified people to make decisions about curriculum and pedagogy
*Stop imposing fundamentalist religious and bigoted rules and curriculum on them
*Provide schools with enough funding so that all classrooms have sufficient and functioning books, media, art, athletic, musical and scientific equipment
*Restore &/or provide funding for librarians, nurses, wellness counselors and clinics
*Remove armed cops from campuses
*Provide all low income families with secure, stable housing, supplies of food, medicine, clothing. The #1 cause of student failure is poverty, and the host academic and social disadvantages that come with it