Richard R. Green Award

Each year at its annual Fall Conference, the Council bestows the Richard R. Green Award upon a past or present school superintendent or board of education member. As the nation's highest urban education honor, the award is given in recognition of exceptional contributions to urban schools and students. Sponsored by the Council, ARAMARK Education and Voyager Expanded Learning, the award pays tribute to the memory of Richard R. Green, a former chancellor of New York City Public Schools and superintendent of Minneapolis Public Schools.

The Green Award recipient receives a $10,000 college scholarship to present to a high school senior of the winner's school district or from his or her high school alma mater.

The 2012 winner was Carol Johnson, superintendent of Boston Public Schools.

After Boston Schools Superintendent Carol Johnson (middle) was announced the winner of the Richard R. Green Award, she was suprised with a visit from her son Rucker. Looking on is Carolyn Getridge, vice president of Cambium Learning Voyager, who sponsored the award along with ARAMARK Education. The award was presented at the Council's recent Fall Conference in Indianapolis.

Richard R. Green Award Winners

1989 W. Harry Davis, Retired Member	Minneapolis School Board
1990 Timothy Dyer, Superintendent	Phoenix Union High School District
James Griffin, Retired Member	St. Paul School Board
1991 Paul Houston, Superintendent	Tucson Unified School District
1992 Richard Wallace Jr., Superintendent Emeritus	Pittsburgh Public Schools
1993 Constance Clayton, Superintendent	School District of Philadelphia
1994 Holmes Braddock, Board Member	Miami-Dade County Public Schools
1995 Curman Gaines, Superintendent	St. Paul Public Schools
1996 James Williams, Superintendent	Dayton Public Schools
1997 Maxine Smith, Retired Member	Memphis City School Board
1998 Gerry House, Superintendent	Memphis City Public Schools
1999 Rod Paige, Superintendent	Houston Independent School District
Judith Farmer, Board Member	Minneapolis Public Schools
2000 Eric Smith, Superintendent	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
2001 Barbara Byrd Bennett, Superintendent	Cleveland Municipal School District
2002 John Simpson, Superintendent	Norfolk Public Schools
2003 Arthur Griffin, Board Member	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Franklin Till, Superintendent	Broward County Public Schools
2004 Tom Payzant, Superintendent	Boston Public Schools
2005 Anna Dodson, Board Member	Norfolk Public Schools
2006 Beverly Hall, Superintendent	Atlanta Public Schools
2007 Elizabeth Reilinger, Board Member	Boston Public Schools
2008 Pascal Forgione, Superintendent	Austin Independent School District
2009 Emmet Johnson, Board Member	Atlanta Public Schools
2010 Arlene Ackerman, Superintendent	School District of Philadelphia
2011 Candy Olson, Board Member	Hillsborough County Public Schools
2012 Carol Johnson, Superintendent	Boston Public Schools

Awards and Scholarships

Richard R. Green Award