Harvard Education Letter wins "Best Newsletter" for Second Consecutive Year
Jun 9, 2008
For a second consecutive year, the Harvard Education Letter won The Association of Educational Publishers "Best Newsletter" Distinguished Achievement Award in the category of Adult Learning. The Letter also won "Best Editorial" for "High-Stakes Testing and the Corruption of America's Schools" by Harvard Education Press authors David Berliner and Sharon Nichols. The Harvard Education Letter was also a finalist in other Award categories: "Is Coaching the Best Use of Resources?" by Elizabeth City for Best Editorial; "Doing the Critical Things First, An Interview with Sharon Griffin" for Best Interview/Profile; "Charting a New Course Toward Racial Integration" by Brigid Schulte for Best News Story. "Better Teaching with Web Tools" by Colleen Gillard was a finalist in the Best How-To Feature.
The Distinguished Achievement Awards (DAAs) recognize the best educational resources within the categories of Curriculum, Periodicals, and Professional Development. The DAAs are evaluated on traits such as efficacy, usability, and overall educational value and judged by an expert panel of educators, editors, designers, and technology specialists. The Association of Educational Publishers (AEP), the national, nonprofit professional organization for educational publishers and content developers.
The winners were announced on June 6 at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.