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AEA Salute to Excellence Awards The AEA and AEA Foundation for Teaching and Learning presented the following awards on April 29, 2011. In addition the Arizona Teacher of the Year, Amanda McAdams, and Arizona’s 2011 National Board Certified teachers were also recognized at the Salute to Excellence banquet. Christa McAuliffe Award Donna Youdelman, Flowing Wells EA (Read more about Donna on page 29) ESPecially for Kids Award Linda Howard, Clarkdale-Jerome EA (Read more about Linda on page 15) Human & Civil Rights Award Dr. Janie Hydrick, Mesa EA Les Reynolds Distinguished Senior Service Award Mary Cunningham Bishop, AEA Retired Lift Grant Dr. Paul McElligott, Fountain Hills EA Partners in Education Award Drs. Robert and Carla Springer Nell Wilcoxen Future Educator Scholarships Michelle Harbison, Flowing Wells EA Danielle Lynn Davis, Paradise Valley SEA Gay-Straight Alliance Encouragement Grant Sean Flaherty Promise Grants Shannon Anderson, Chandler EA Vicky Rivera, Mesa EA NEA Honors Arizona Public Interest Lawyer Tim Hogan Timothy Hogan, executive director of the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest in Phoenix, Ariz., was honored by the National Education Association (NEA) during its an- nual Human and Civil Rights Awards dinner in Chicago on Friday, July 1, 2011. NEA’s George I. Sánchez Award recognizes Hogan’s work toward the achievement of equal opportunity for Hispanics. “Every successful advocate for social justice must be able to inspire and educate others,” said Dennis Van Roekel, NEA president. “Tim Hogan has shown that he has the patience, persistence, knowledge, and courage necessary to protect and defend the rights of under-repre- sented people.” Hogan became director of the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest (ACLPI) in 1991. ACLPI is a non-profit public interest law 28 Fall 2011 ❘ AEA Advocate firm that is engaged in defending the rights of under-represented people. Hogan’s work has focused on increasing financial support for public schools to ensure quality education for all of Arizona’s students. He has been especially focused on the rights of Hispanic students. In 2009, Hogan successfully persuaded the Arizona Supreme Court that voucher programs violated the state’s constitutional prohibition against appropriation of public money to aid private and sectarian schools. George I. Sánchez (1906-1972) was an edu- cator, historian, and author in the United States, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela. Sánchez devoted 50 years of his life to the education of Mexican, Navajo, and Black children and is known as the “father of the movement for quality education for Mexican Americans.” ✒