The National Center for
Urban School Transformation

Excellence in Urban Education Awards

Each year, NCUST identifies, recognizes, and awards high-achieving urban schools (along with their districts and other reform partners).

• Please review the revised eligibility criteria for 2008.
• The new application for the 2008 award is now available for download. Please save the application to your hard drive and fill in. Please send the completed application as an e-mail attachment to ncust  @  mail.sdsu.edu. Also print out the application and obtain original signatures on the certification page. Then send the hard copy to NCUST, 4283 El Cajon Blvd., Suite 100, San Diego, CA 92105.

  APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2008 EXCELLENCE IN URBAN EDUCATION AWARD ARE DUE NOVEMBER 30, 2007 AT 5:00 PM PACIFIC STANDARD TIME.

Program Goals

The goals of the NCUST Excellence in Urban Education awards program are to:

• Recognize the hard work, dedication, and talent of urban school educators and students;
• Educate the public about the accomplishments and potential of urban schools;
• Provide a concrete benchmark of excellence that motivates reform efforts; and
• Deepen the knowledge base of best practices for promoting urban school transformation.

2007 Award Results

The Excellence in Urban Education Award competition for 2007 identified 18 Finalists and selected 7 Winners from among the finalists. Read the press release!

The NCUST Excellence in Urban Education Award Winners received a check for $1,000 and a banner bearing their name at the 2007 NCUST Symposium May 4-5, in San Diego at the Doubletree Hotel in Mission Valley. All finalists and winners were celebrated at the symposium and featured as presenters. All finalists received a certificate, and each winning school will be profiled on the NCUST web site. As well, each school received travel costs for one representative to attend the annual NCUST Symposium.

The 2007 NCUST Excellence in Education Award Winners are:

• Cecil H. Parker Elementary School in Mt. Vernon, New York
  
  
• Charles L. Gideons Elementary School in Atlanta, Georgia
  
• Columbus Alternative High School in Columbus, Ohio
  
• Detroit Edison Public School Academy in Detroit, Michigan
  
  
• Dorinda L. Pillow Elementary School in Austin, Texas
  
• Rancho Cucamonga Middle School in Rancho Cucamonga, California
  
• Thomas A. Edison Elementary School in Long Beach, California
  

The high-performing Finalist schools for the 2007 NCUST Excellence in Education Awards are:

• Bammel Middle School in Houston, Texas
• Cannella Elementary School in Tampa, Florida
• Capitol View Elementary School in Atlanta, Georgia
• Dewey Elementary School in San Diego, California
• Gladys C. Nunery School in Jersey City, New Jersey
• Julia C. Frazier Elementary School in Dallas, Texas
• Norte Vista High School in Riverside, California
• Perry Elementary School in San Diego, California
• Signal Hill Elementary School in Signal Hill, California
• Traphagen Elementary School in Mt. Vernon, New York
• Victoriano Elementary School in Moreno Valley, California