Arnold Fege, director of public engagement and national constituency building for the Public Education Network in Washington, D.C., served as a judge for the American School Board Journal's Magna Awards 2006 contest.
Fege is a nationally recognized expert on parent and community involvement in public school reform.
The judges selected 15 winners and six honorable mention awards from almost 350 applicants in the 12th annual contest.
The 2006 winners are highlighted in a special supplement to the April issue of ASBJ and will be formally recognized on Monday, April 10, at the School Leaders Luncheon at The Palmer House Hotel in Chicago, Ill.
The luncheon is part of National School Boards Association's 66th annual conference scheduled for April 8-11 in Chicago.
The Magna Awards, presented with the support of Sodexho School Services, recognize districts across the country for outstanding programs that advance student learning and encourage community involvement in schools.
American School Board Journal initiated the Magna Awards in 1995 to recognize school boards for taking bold and innovative steps to improve their educational programs.
American School Board Journal (www.asbj.com) is the award-winning, editorially independent education magazine of NSBA.
Founded in 1891, ASBJ covers a broad range of topics pertinent to school governance and management, policy making, student achievement, and the art of school leadership.
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Public Education Network (www.PublicEducation.org) is a national association of local education funds and individuals working to advance public school reform in low-income communities across our country.Our network of local education funds (LEFs) operates in 34 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, serving 11.5 million students -- that's 22 percent of America's public school population -- in 18,000 schools in more than 1,600 school districts in low-income areas.
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