2024 NPEA/Cooke Award for Excellence: Leadership in Equity
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The National Partnership for Educational Access (NPEA) and the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation are pleased to announce the 2024 Awards for Excellence in Educational Access, recognizing leadership in equity among NPEA member programs and schools.

Both Awards will recognize excellence in the field of educational access in supporting students from historically marginalized or excluded communities on the path to and through college. In addition to recognition on NPEA’s website and social media sites, as well as a formal announcement at the 2024 conference, the winners of this year's Awards for Excellence in Educational Access will each receive a $5,000 monetary gift.

We are grateful to the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation for generously sponsoring the 2024 Awards for Excellence in Educational Access.

Conference and Award Details:

The winners of the NPEA/Cooke Foundation Awards will be formally announced as part of the 2024 Conference activities. The conference will be held on April 17-19, 2024 in Baltimore, MD. For more information about the conference, please visit: www.educational-access.org/conference. Please note: Nominees are encouraged but are not required to attend the conference to be eligible for the award, and attendance will not be a consideration in the review/selection process.

THE DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH MONDAY, JANUARY 8 AT 11:59PM ET.

AWARD ELIGIBILITY:

Award for Excellence - PROGRAM Leadership in Equity:

Current NPEA Organizational Members. This Award is intended to recognize programs that are leading in equity and access work in the field. Organizational Members include community based-organizations, nonprofit programs, and school- and after-school based programs. Any active member program that operates independently at a school would be eligible to apply. Members can, and are encouraged to, self-nominate.

Award for Excellence - SCHOOL Leadership in Equity:

Current NPEA K-12 Supporting Institution Members. This Award is intended to recognize schools that are leading in equity and access work in the field. Any member schools that serve students at any grade levels throughout the K-12 journey are eligible to apply (e.g., K-5, 6-8, 9-12, K-12, etc.).

Members can, and are encouraged to, self-nominate.

Supporting individuals are not eligible to win either Award.

PLEASE NOTE: At this time, former Award winners are not eligible to apply. Past winners include: Esperanza Academy, Breakthrough Manchester, Community Partnership School, Waukegan to College, CA Next at Collegiate Academies, Philadelphia Futures, Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America (LEDA), Chicago Scholars, "I Have a Dream" - Des Moines, LINK Unlimited Scholars, The Clarence T.C. Ching PUEO Program at Punahou School, Buffalo Prep, Aim High, The Partners Program at the College Preparatory School, and Middle Grades Partnership.