Christine Hirst Bernhardt gets #celebratED for being appointed to the new role of Assistant Professor at George Mason University! She is also the new Science Education and Environmental Literacy Coordinator for the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE), and she continues to serve as the current President of the National Earth Science Teachers Association. We celebrate her on these new leadership roles, and we cheer her on as she continues to make impact in the profess

Dr. Shayla Wiggins Savage gets #celebratED for being named the new Superintendent of Thomasville City, Georgia Schools (TCS)! Prior to this, she served as the Chief Student Services Officer and Director of Administrative Services for the Iredell-Statesville Schools. We congratulate her on this next step in her leadership journey, and we wish her all the best in Thomasville! Thomasville City Schools Press Release Iredell-Statesville Schools LinkedIn

Dr. Edwin Nii Bonney gets #celebratED for his International Educational Scholars Research Lab officially becoming part of Clemson University's College of Education! Before serving as an Assistant Professor at Clemson, he was an Assistant Professor at Radford University and a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Missouri-Columbia. We celebrate Edwin for his program’s success, and we look forward to hearing great things from its association with Clemson! Internation

Peter Badalament gets #celebratED for being appointed the new Senior Education Director of the Glickman Academy, a very small therapeutic day school for students experiencing mental health issues or with profound autism! In this role, he will serve as principal/special ed director. Prior to this, he served as Principal at the at the A.R. Gould School, a fully accredited high school within the Long Creek Youth Development Center, and as Principal at Falmouth High School in Mai

M. Joe Walther gets #celebratED for becoming a Project Manager for the American Councils for International Education in Suva, Fiji! Prior to this, he has served as a U.S. State Department English Language Fellow at Daugavpils University in Daugavpils, Latvia, and as an Associate Professor of English Language and Literature Department at Sookmyung Women's University in Seoul, South Korea. We honor Joe for all the ways he influences education globally, and we wish him well as

Elizabeth Leisy Stosich gets #celebratED for being appointed the new Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at the Fordham Graduate School of Education! Over the past nine years, she has served as an Assistant and Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, Administration, & Policy at Fordham. Prior to this, she was a Research and Policy Fellow at the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (now RILE), and as a Teaching Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Educ

Geneva Rodriguez gets #celebratED for being named the Interim Acting Principal of the School of Math, Science, and Healthy Living (also known as P.S. 971) for the NYC Public Schools! Prior to this, she has served as an Assistant Principal and Special Education Teacher in the district. Geneva has also participated in PBLWorks’ Project Slice and in the New York City Teaching Fellows Program. We are grateful for all the ways Geneva leads by example, and we are honored to follow

David E. Brown gets #celebratED for being named the new Principal of Center Elementary School in the Hanover, Massachusetts Public Schools! Prior to this, he served as the Upper Elementary School Principal at Prospect Hill Academy Charter School, and as a Principal with the Randolph, Massachusetts Public Schools. We congratulate him on this new role, and we wish him all the best in Hanover! Press Release Center Elementary School Prospect Hill Academy Charter School Randolph P

Christina Pierce gets #celebratED for being named the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) 2026 Exemplary Woman in Education! Dr. Pierce is the assistant superintendent of educational services at Alta Loma School District. ACSA gives this honor to women leaders who demonstrate a passion for the profession; a commitment to grow and develop others; a desire to give back through public and/or community service; advocacy for the value of school administrators an

Monique Jackson Reynolds gets #celebratED for the Jamaica Literacy Association featuring the launch of her new book, Literacy Light Bulbs Level 1: Early Reading Development Workbook, as part of the national recognition of empowering Teachers as writers! My New book has been released on Amazon! She currently serves as a Technology Integration Literacy Specialist and a Lecturer of Language, Literacy and Literature at the Mico University College in Kingston, Jamaica, and the aut

Anthony Sanchez gets #celebratED for being appointed the Director of Curriculum and Instruction for South Holland, Illinois School District 151! Previously, he served as an Assistant Principal for the Frank H. Hammond Elementary School in Munster, Indiana. He also recently published an article, “The Best of AP Lens” in the Indiana Association of School Principals’ Indianagram with colleague, Kristen Peterson. We are excited for Anthony in this new leadership role, and we are

Dr. Ryan Schaaf gets #celebratED as the new Assistant Dean of Operations at Notre Dame of Maryland University! He also serves on the graduate faculty at Johns Hopkins University. Prior to this, he has served as a Professor of technology at the university, and as a Technology Teacher for Clarksville Elementary School in Columbia, Maryland. Ryan is the author of multiple books on education, including Literacy Is Still Not Enough: Modern Fluencies for Teaching, Learning, and Ass