Outstanding Friend of Public Education Award

2010 Dr. Micheal Kirst, Author/researcher, Stanford University
2009 Dr. Harry Wong,Author/Speaker, "Effective Teaching"
2008 Dr. Carroll Johnson, Professor Emeritus, Teachers College
2007 Dr. Linton Deck, Professor, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University
2006 Dr. Gerald Tirozzi, Executive Director, National Association of Secondary School Principals
2005 Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, Professor of Education, Stanford University
2004 Dr. Julie Underwood, Chief Council, NSBA
2003 Dr. Ted Sanders, President, Education Commission of the States
2002 Dr. Gerald Bracey, Author, _War Against Public Schools_
2001 Dr. Paul Houston, Executive Director, AASA
2000 Dr. Jane Hammond, Superintendent, Jefferson Co. Public Schools
1999 Dr. Bob Slavin, Research, John Hopkins University
1998 Dr. Donald Thomas, Superintendent (Ret.) Salt Lake City, UT
1997 Dr. David Berliner, Co-author, _The Manufactured Crisis_
1996 Dr. Gordon Cawelti, Exec. Dir. Alliance for Curriculum Reform
1995 Dr. Larry Lezotte, Vice President, Effective Schools Research

Outstanding Friend of Public Education Award
2010 Dr. Phil Schlechty, Author/Researcher, Public speaker
2009 Dr. John Goodlad, Author/Researcher, _The Place Called School_
2008 Ms. Wendy Puriefoy, President, Public Education Network
2007 Dr. Thomas Sobol, Commissioner, New York State Department of Education
2006 Dr. Jonathan Kozol, author, _The Shame of Our Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America_
2005 Joyce and Larry Stupski, The Stupski Foundation
2004 Mr. Frosty Troy, Publisher, _Oklahoma Observer_
2003 Dr. Mary Ellen Fitsgerald, The Wallace Readers' Digest Fund
2002 Mr. Richard Rothstein, Columnist, _The New York Times_
2001 Mr. Al Dietzel, Vice President, The Limited, Inc., Columbus, OH
2000 Dr. Barry Lynn, Americans United for Separation of Church and State
1998 Dr. Lew Salmon, The Milken Foundation, Santa Monica, CA
1997 Mr. James Hunt, Governor, North Carolina
1996 Mr. Richard Riley, Secretary, U.S. Department of Education

The Friend of the Horace Mann League Award

2009 Dr. Ken Underwood, Supt. Search Consultant, Oregon, WI

2006 Dr. Art Stellar, Superintendent, Taunton City Schools, Taunton, MA

2005 Dr. Jack McKay, Executive Director, The Horace Mann League, Port Ludlow, WA

2004 Dr. Terry Grier, Superintendent, Guilford County Schools, NC

2003 Dr. Ken Bird, Superintendent, Westside Community Schools, NE

2002 Dr. Chad Woolery, Former President, HOST Corporation, TX

updated 11/24/09

Last Updated on Thursday, 20 May 2010 08:31