Eric J. Cooper, president and founder of the National Urban Alliance of Effective Education, was honored by the California Association of African-American Superintendents and Administrators (CAAASA) at the organization’s annual “round-up” of leaders and institutions that are having a positive impact on the education of African-American and other students of color.
Cooper was honored along with Dianne Harrison, president of California State University-Northridge;Willie J. Hagan, president of California State University-Dominguez Hills; Linda Darling-Hammond, president of the Learning Policy Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that seeks to advance evidence-based policies that support empowering and equitable learning for each and every child.
“These institutionshave made tremendous contributions to the field of education by maintaining strong and data-driven K-16 teacher training programs for many years,” says Michael Watkins, President-Elect of CAAASA and Superintendent, Santa Cruz County Office of Education. CAAASA has hosted the awards, recognizing excellence in teacher education and student outcomes, for nine years.