for Kathy Cox, Georgia Superintendent of Schools, for being the first million-dollar winner on Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

An even huger hooray for what she did with the money: she donated it to three Georgia schools, including a school for the blind and a school for the deaf.

Resounding boos go to those who stooped to petty partisan politics, including GA Rep Rob Tielhet, who took out an ad on the show asking what she was doing in Hollywood when Georgia schools were struggling. Apparently, he is not smarter than a 5th grader. She did the show on her own time, and now she is sharing her winnings with Georgia’s schoolkids.

Hooray for Kathy Cox!