California Association of African American Superintendents and Administrators

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.

Dr. Eric Cooper, NUA president and founder, on his way to the podium to accept an award from California Association of African American Superintendents and Administrators, September 28, 2017, Long Beach, California.

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Spagna (Cal State provost) accepting for Willie Hagan, Dianne Harrison, Eric Cooper