Communications >Awards
The National Network for Educational Renewal
Clark and Michelli Awards
The Richard W. Clark Award for Exemplary Partner School Work and Nicholas Michelli Award for Advancing Social Justice were established in 2005 to recognize and honor outstanding work by NNER settings toward advancing these two critical areas within the Agenda for Education in a Democracy. The NNER is committed to simultaneous renewal of schools and the institutions that prepare our educators and, to promote this work, the Network also understands the importance of acknowledging and disseminating outstanding efforts and accomplishments.
Richard W. Clark Award for Exemplary Partner School Work
Richard W. Clark has nurtured NNER partner schools for many years through his research, writing, guidance, and presence in the NNER settings. The NNER would like to recognize school/university partnerships that continue to advance their work toward the four partner school functions through strong institutional collaboration.
Recipient of the 2008 Richard W. Clark Partner School Award
Ho‘okulaiwi — A Community, School, and University Partnership for the Vitalization of Native Hawaiian Education
Nanakuli/Wai‘anae Community
Nanaikapono Elementary School
And the
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
Ho‘okulaiwi Center for Native Hawaiian and Indigenous Education
Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language
(L to R:) Kaulu Kauwe, Dick Clark, Kalehua Krug, Kaleinani Tim Sing, Iwalani Hodges, Margie Maaka
Nicholas Michelli Award for Advancing Social Justice
Nicholas Michelli has led the NNER efforts to advance social justice in our schools and universities throughout the NNER. His leadership in the policy arena and commitment to implementing structures and processes that promote social justice are essential to the NNER. His work on every facet of access to knowledge and inclusion of diverse voices in our work models the ideals of democracy.
2008 Michelli Award recipient
The Chicago Teacher Education Pipeline's Little Village Education Partnership
(L to R): Lesley VanThournout (ISU/Little Village PDS graduate and now CPS teacher); Nicholas Michelli; Robert Lee; Cheryl Witucke (Little Village PDS site coordinator); and Diana Johnson (Director of Teacher Housing Resource Center at Chicago Public Schools)