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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 [...]

Dr. Cecilia Fierro, a national research professor at Universidad Iberoamericana Leon, has been named the 2016 Brock International Prize in Education Laureate for her significant contributions to the field of education, including work alongside teachers and school leaders to develop practices that address needs of marginalized children, and build democratic schools in rural and impoverished [...]

Dr. Howard E. Gardner, a Professor of Education at Harvard University, was named the 2015 Brock International Prize in Education Laureate for his groundbreaking work in the field of psychology, which has profoundly and positively impacted the field of education around the world. Gardner is best known in the educational world for his theory of [...]

Ellen Moir, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the New Teacher Center (NTC), has been named the 2014 Brock International Prize in Education Laureate for her work in improving student learning by accelerating the effectiveness of new teachers and school leaders. Moir will be formally honored and will receive a $40,000 prize at the annual [...]