CER Press Release
Washington, DC
August 3, 2011
John Boehner, Katherine Bradley, Kevin Chavous, John Fisher, Steve Klinsky, John Legend, Eva Moskowitz and Brian Williams will be honored with the distinguished EdReformie award, announced today by The Center for Education Reform (CER). These honorees will be celebrated on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011 at the W Washington D.C. Hotel as part of CER’s 18th anniversary gala, The EdReformies – Rockin’ Reform Revue.
“This group of accomplished honorees are as diverse as they are influential in bringing about much-needed change to America’s schools,” said Jeanne Allen, president of CER. “Collectively their unwavering support of expanding educational opportunities, accountability, teacher programs that work and parental choice is commendable. Individually their contributions to improving education reform through philanthropy, advocacy, media, entertainment and education are remarkable.”
Every few years the Center for Education Reform celebrates distinguished leaders for their break through contributions to creating and expanding quality educational opportunities for children. The collective accomplishments of these six individuals span almost all states and represent several million new opportunities for children. The EdReformies will be awarded to:
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, John Boehner, a politician who has never let political pressure get in the way of ensuring children access to a better education.
As the nation’s most well-respected and influential journalist, Brian Williams has thrust the need for education reform into the homes and minds of millions of Americans.
Despite being one of the world’s most talented and popular musicians, John Legend is publically engaged in school reform, which he says is the “civil rights issue of our time.”
For over two decades, Katherine Brittain Bradley has driven reform by strategically launching efforts that focus on community engagement and volunteerism. She has created and recruited top-flight organizations to the nation’s capital and opened her home and heart to bolster education reform
