The Horace Mann League of the USA 2015 Winter Newsletter 2 Officers and Directors of the Horace Mann League 2015 -2016 President-elect: Charles Fowler, Exec. Secretary Suburban Sch. Supts., Exeter, NH Laurie Barron, Supt. of Schools, Evergreen Schools District, Kalispell, MT President-elect: Chris Johns- Haines, Supt., Utica Comm. Schools, Sterling Heights, MI. Jeff Charbonneau, Science Director Zillah Sch. Dist., Zillah, WA Vice President: Martha Bruckner, Supt. of Schs., Council Bluffs Comm. Schools, IA Carol Choye, Instructor, Bank Street College, NY President: Gary Marx, Pres. Center for Public Outreach, Vienna, VA Brent Clark, Exec Director Illinois Assoc. Sch. Admin. Springfield, IL 1st Past President: Joe Hairston, Assoc. Professor, Howard Univ., Washington. DC Linda Darling- Hammond, Professor, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. Evelyn Holman, Supt. (former) Bay Shore USD, Bay Shore, NY James Harvey, Exec. Dir., National Supts. Roundtable Seattle, WA Eric King, Supt. (retired) Muncie Public Schools, Muncie, IN Steven Ladd, Supt., (Retired) Elk Grove USD, Elk Grove, CA Americans United. Washington DC Kevin Maxwell, CEO, Prince George’s County Schools, Upper Marlboro, MD
The Horace Mann League of the USA 2015 Winter Newsletter 3 The Horace Mann League Outstanding Public Educator Award Recipients 2016 Andy Hargreaves, Professor, Boston College 2015, Gene Carter, Emeritus Exec. Dir, ASCD 2014, Larry Cuban, Professor, Stanford University 2006, Gerald Tirozzi, Executive Director, NASSP 2005 Linda Darling- Hammond, Prof., Author, Stanford U. 2004 Julie Underwood, Chief Counsel, NSBA / Dean of Wisconsin 2003 Ted Sanders, President, Education Comm. of the States ‘02 Gerald Bracey, Author War Against Public School ‘01 Paul Houston, Executive Director, AASA 2000 Jane Hammond, Supt, Jeff. Co. Public Schools 1999 Bob Slavin, Research, John Hopkins University 1998 Don Thomas, Supt. Salt Lake City, UT 1997 David Berliner, Co- author The Manufactured Crisis 1996 Gordon Cawelti, Exec. Dir., Alliance for Curriculum Reform The Horace Mann League Outstanding Friend of Public Education Recipients ’16 Gene Glass, Professor, Author, National Ed. Policy Center ‘15 Pedro Noguera, Professor, author, New York University ‘14 Marian Wright Edelman, Pres. Children’s Defense Fund ‘12 Mark Warner, U.S. Senator, Virginia ’11 Jack Jennings. CEO. Center for Public Policy, Wash, DC ‘10 Diane Ravitch, Author, Researcher, Speaker, New York ‘09 Michael Kirst, Prof., Pol. Sci. Stanford University ‘08 John Goodlad, Author, The Place Called School ‘07 Wendy Puriefoy, Pres., Public Education Network ’06 Tom Sobol, State Comm., New York State Dept. of Educ. ‘05 ‘04 Larry ‘03 Mary ‘02 Richard ‘01 Al ’00 Barry ‘98 Lew ‘97 James ‘96 ‘95 Larry Jonathan Stupski, Fitsgerald, Rothstein, Dietzel, Lynn, Exec. Salmon Hunt, Richard Lezotte, Kozol, The The Stupski Readers' The New V.P. The Director, The Milken Gov. of Riley, U.S. Effective Shame of Foundation Digest York Times Limited Americans Foundation North Secretary Schools Our Fund Co. United Carolina Education Research Nation 3
The Horace Mann League of the USA 2015 Winter Newsletter Nominations for Officers and Director 2016-2017 President Chris Johns- Haines, Supt., Utica Community Schools, Sterling Heights, MI. President - Elect Martha Bruckner, Supt. of Schools, Council Bluffs Comm. Schools, IA Vice President Eric King, Supt. (retired) Muncie Public Schools, Muncie, IN Director Ember Conley, Supt. Park City Schools, Park City, UT Director Ruben Alejandro, Supt. Weslaco ISD, Weslaco, TX 1st Past Charles Fowler, Exec. Secretary Suburban Sch. Supts., Exeter, NH 2nd Past President Gary Marx, Pres. Center for Public Outreach, Vienna, VA Activities and Accomplishments of the Horace Mann League in 2015 The “Iceberg Effect” presented at the National Press Club in Washington, DC “Iceberg Effect” referenced in over 700 other newspapers, blogs, and other media outlets. Drs. Pedro Noguera, Gene Carter and Mark Edwards recognized at 2015 HML Annual Meeting. HML Board confronts issues of student inequity and opportunity at summer board meeting. New member recruitment campaign to nominate or sponsor a new member. HML Facebook created to increase methods of communication to members. Drs. Gene Glass and Andy Hargreaves selected as “Outstanding” recipients at the 2016 meeting. Mr. Gary Marx, Past President of the HML, selected to receive the “Friend of the League” award. Ongoing Activities: Weekly publication of the HML Post. Update membership data-base, dues, renewals and recruitment. 94th Annual Meeting of the Horace Mann League - Registration Form Friday, February 12, 2016, Phoenix Downtown Sheraton Hotel, 11:45 am to 1:30 pm. Name: Guest(s) Address: City, State, ZIP: Number Attending _ at $65.00 = Make check to: The HML 560 Rainier Lane, Port Ludlow, WA 98365 (FAX: 866 389 0740) Email: Credit Card Information – email to CC# – – – Phone: ( ) – Exp. Date / 5