Five Public School Educators Receive National Recognition from The NEA Foundation
Washington, D.C. (October 7, 2024)—The NEA Foundation announced today the names of five public school educators from across the country who will receive the Horace Mann Awards for Teaching Excellence, one of the highest honors in public education.
The awards will be presented at the Salute to Excellence in Education Gala on February 14, 2025 in Washington, D.C. The event will also include the premiere screening of documentary films about the awardees’ teaching practices and impact in their school communities.
The recipients of the 2025 Horace Mann Awards for Teaching Excellence are:
· Jacqueline Brown, a high school business and technology educator at Okolona High
School in Okolona, Mississippi, nominated by the Mississippi Association of Educators;
· Matthew Hamilton, a sixth and seventh grade social studies educator at East Jordan
Public Schools, in East Jordan, Michigan, nominated by the Michigan Education