Dr. Jermaine Dawson gets #celebratED as the new CEO of the Baltimore City Schools! Previously, he served as the Deputy Superintendent of Academic Services for The School District of Philadelphia, and as the Chief Academic and Accountability Officer for the Birmingham, Alabama City Schools. We applaud him for taking on this significant new role, and we anticipate great things ahead for the Baltimore City Schools! Press Release The School District of Philadelphia Birmingham Cit

Troy Holding gets #celebratED as the new Principal of Browns Valley TK-8 School in Napa, California! Troy is a purpose-driven educational leader with more than 24 years of experience, including more than fifteen years of site-based and systems-level leadership and nearly a decade in the classroom. His enduring mission is to ensure that every student regardless of background, language, or learning profile—has access to high-quality, equitable learning experiences that foster b

Trista Todt gets #celebratED for receiving the Leona Glenn Award for the Outstanding Middle School Educator from the Ohio World Language Association! Currently, she serves as a World Language Teacher at Dempsey Middle School in Delaware, Ohio. We congratulate Trista for this exciting recognition of her life’s work and we know she will continue to make a difference in the lives of the students she serves! Press Release Ohio World Language Association Dempsey Middle School Lin

Kenji Nomura gets #celebratED for receiving the Trailblazing STEM Educator Award, presented by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). He currently serves as the Career and Technical Education Coordinator (CTE) for Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC) in Annandale, Virginia. Previously, he served as a STEM Education Specialist at the Virginia Space Flight Academy in Wallops Island, Virginia. He is also a former Albert Einstein Distinguished Educat

Pamela McLeod gets #celebratED for being named the New Hampshire Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)! Previously she led cybersecurity for ACT and she served as the Director of Technology for the Concord, New Hampshire School District. As she starts this new role, Pam shared, “New Hampshire does public sector cybersecurity very collaboratively. It is our superpower, and I am excited to be part of it!” We have been big fans of Pam’s leadership in technology over the year

Mit Foley gets #celebratED for publishing Transforming Urban Schools for Educational Excellence: A Guide to Moving from Vision to Victory (Routledge 2026)! He serves as the Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Curriculum, Instruction and Athletics with the Saginaw, Michigan Public School, and as an Adjunct Instructor for Saginaw Valley State University. We applaud him for publishing his work as a leader in education, and we wish him much more success in the future! Routledge

Sara Kelly Johns gets #celebratED for being named the 2026 Joseph W. Lippincott Award winner, presented by the American Library Association (ALA) for distinguished service in the profession of librarianship. She is a career Librarian, an Adjunct Instructor at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies, and a longtime Councilor at Large with the American Library Association. We have followed Sara throughout her distinguished career, and we are thrilled for her recei