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Professor Sugata Mitra, computer scientist and educational theorist, has been named the 2022 Brock Prize in Education Innovation Laureate for his transformational work in rethinking the way children learn. Sugata Mitra is probably best known in the education community for developing the concept of self-organized learning environments (SOLEs) following his “Hole in the Wall” [...]

Dr. Sanjeev Arora, founder of Project ECHO, has been named the 2021 Laureate for the Brock Prize in Education Innovation.  Project ECHO is a revolutionary guided-practice instructional and telementoring model that provides professional development opportunities to underserved and remote areas of the state, nation, and world. ECHO programs amplify the capacity for participants to deliver [...]

Join us on September 23, 2020 for the 19th annual Brock Prize Symposium with featured speaker, 2020 laureate, Dr. Tarajean Yazzie-Mintz (Diné). Dr. Yazzie-Mintz’ work will be featured at the Symposium, where she will lead a dialogue surrounding community-based inquiries strengthening indigenous education and communities. The event will take place virtually and an overview of [...]

Dr. Tarajean Yazzie-Mintz (Diné), founder and principal consultant at First Light Education Project and former vice president for program initiatives at the American Indian College Fund in Denver, Colorado, has been named the 2020 Brock Prize in Education Innovation Laureate. Dr. Yazzie-Mintz was selected from among nine prestigious nominees for this year’s Prize by a [...]

Join us March 6, 2019 for the 18th annual Brock Prize Symposium with featured speaker, 2019 laureate, Dr. Jeff Duncan-Andrade. The event will be held at the OSU-Tulsa campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma and will also be broadcast live via the internet. Dr. Duncan-Andrade will draw from his extensive experience as a practitioner educator to open a [...]

Jeff Duncan-Andrade, Associate Professor of Raza studies at San Francisco State University, has been named the 2019 Brock International Prize in Education Laureate for his significant contributions to the field of education, particularly surrounding his work as a practitioner-researcher in urban education. Jeff is the founder of the Community Responsive Education Group, which works directly [...]

The 2019 Brock Prize Deliberations and Laureate Announcement Dinner will take place on October 19, 2018 at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Deliberations will occur throughout the day, with nine esteemed jurors from around the country presenting nominees as candidates for the 2019 Brock Prize. The deliberations will conclude with voting and selection of [...]

This spring, the Brock International Prize in Education will host its 17th annual symposium with 2018 laureate, Lee Gordon, at The University of Tulsa's Helmerich Center for American Research at Gilcrease Museum on March 8, 2018.  The event will begin at 2pm and will include a keynote presentation by Mr. Gordon as well as a [...]

Lee Gordon, founder of Hand in Hand: Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel, has been named the 2018 Brock International Prize in Education Laureate for his groundbreaking work in Israel that has been truly transformative in bringing Arabs and Israelis together in a dynamic educational community. Gordon’s organization, Hand in Hand, was founded in 1999 [...]

Dr. Richard (Rick) K. Miller, founding president of Olin College of Engineering, Needham, MA, has been named the 2017 Brock International Prize in Education Laureate for his significant contributions in the field of education, including his important role in the reinvention of 21st century undergraduate engineering education. Driven by Miller’s vision, Olin has become a [...]