2013杰出成就奖

达拉斯植物园

北德州荣誉

The 达拉斯植物园 brings nature to Pre-K through high school students in their classrooms and provides hands-on programs at the Arboretum about plants and geology correlated to school curriculums. The eight-acre Rory Meyers Children’s Adventure Garden, opening at the Arboretum in the spring, will create an outdoor science laboratory with 17 thematic galleries. The 席梦思床品公司 School works closely with Arboretum educators evaluating the effectiveness of their work. 研究 shows that Arboretum lessons improve students’ performance on standardized tests.

丹尼尔。P. 国王,Ph值.D., Superintendent of Schools, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD

区域主宾

丹尼尔。P. 王, the 2013 Texas Superintendent of the Year, has pioneered school programs that significantly reduce dropout rates and increase college enrollment rates. As superintendent of Hidalgo ISD and now Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD, 王 created Early College High Schools featuring dual college credit for high-schoolers. 结果是, dropout rates have decreased by 90 percent and the number of graduates enrolling in college has doubled. The program’s success has inspired statewide legislation designed to curb the dropout rate by supporting partnerships between school districts and community colleges.

美国承诺联盟

国家主宾

1997年由Gen. 科林·鲍威尔, 美国承诺联盟, is the nation’s largest partnership organization dedicated to improving the lives of young people. With Alma Powell as its current chair and more than 400 national partners, America’s Promise has been at the forefront of the nation’s efforts to raise awareness of the challenges facing young people, specifically the high school dropout crisis. Through its Grad Nation campaign, it has created a large and growing movement of dedicated individuals, organizations and communities that are working together to end the dropout crisis and raise the national high school graduation rate to 90 percent by 2020.