Education

Honors and Awards

September 04, 2007 1 min read
  • Save to favorites
  • Print

ECS Awards

Earlier this summer, the Denver-based Education Commission of the States announced the winners of its 2007 awards. Gaston Caperton, the president of the New York City-based College Board, received the James Bryant Conant Award, which recognizes an individual’s contribution to American education. The ECS Corporate award honored the New York City-based international education and information company Pearson Education, for its sustained commitment to improving public education.

Literacy Award

The National Coalition for Literacy—a Washington-based organization that promotes adult education, language, and literacy—recently announced the recipients of its 2007 Literacy Leadership Award. The award honors four individuals and one philanthropic organization for contributions to improving literacy in the United States. This year’s winners are U.S. Rep. Michael Castle, R-Del.; U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.; Irwin Kirsch, director of the Center for Global Assessment at the Princeton, N.J.-based Educational Testing Service; David A. Perdue, former chairman and chief executive officer of Goodlettsville, Tenn.-based Dollar General; and the Atlanta-based UPS Foundation.

Achievement Award

The Norwalk, Conn.-based District Administration magazine, through the sponsorship of the Ottawa, Ontario-based AutoSkill International, awarded the first $30,000 X-Factor Award to the 900-student Mohawk Elementary School in Bessemer, Pa., for its Action-Based Learning program. The award aims to honor schools that demonstrate innovative ways of improving student test scores. Mohawk Elementary School’s Action-Based Learning program uses kinesthetic learning to help kindergarteners retrieve and retain information.

Events

Student Well-Being K-12 Essentials Forum Boosting Student and Staff Mental Health: What Schools Can Do
Join this free virtual event based on recent reporting on student and staff mental health challenges and how schools have responded.
This content is provided by our sponsor. It is not written by and does not necessarily reflect the views of Education Week's editorial staff.
Sponsor
Curriculum Webinar
Practical Methods for Integrating Computer Science into Core Curriculum
Dive into insights on integrating computer science into core curricula with expert tips and practical strategies to empower students at every grade level.
Content provided by Learning.com

EdWeek Top School Jobs

Teacher Jobs
Search over ten thousand teaching jobs nationwide — elementary, middle, high school and more.
View Jobs
Principal Jobs
Find hundreds of jobs for principals, assistant principals, and other school leadership roles.
View Jobs
Administrator Jobs
Over a thousand district-level jobs: superintendents, directors, more.
View Jobs
Support Staff Jobs
Search thousands of jobs, from paraprofessionals to counselors and more.
View Jobs

Read Next

Education Briefly Stated: October 11, 2023
Here's a look at some recent Education Week articles you may have missed.
8 min read
Education Briefly Stated: September 27, 2023
Here's a look at some recent Education Week articles you may have missed.
9 min read
Education Briefly Stated: September 20, 2023
Here's a look at some recent Education Week articles you may have missed.
8 min read
Education From Our Research Center What's on the Minds of Educators, in Charts
Politics, gender equity, and technology—how teachers and administrators say these issues are affecting the field.
1 min read
Stylized illustration of a pie chart
Traci Daberko for Education Week