Apparently not...

We were interested in the same thing. See this link below.
There is a section on travel as "education" and it says it is
no longer possible to write that off:

http://www.kiplinger.com/features/archives/2007/01/educationtaxopedia.html

On 7/14/08, Emily wrote:
> I am an elementary Spanish teacher and would like to
> travel to Panama with my husband this summer. Does anyone
> know if I can write-off my plane ticket, hotel, and any
> other travel expenses? Obviously my trip there will be an
> opportunity to deepen my understanding of the culture, and
> I will in turn be able to share the experience with my
> students. . . plus you always hear about people in
> business "writing off" all kinds of things! Just
> curious. . . We'll go one way or the other.

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