CUBE Awards
Annual Award for Urban Excellence
Honoring Urban School Boards That Are Making a Difference
NOMINATIONS OPEN! Nominations are open for the highest awards honoring education leaders and districts advancing educational equity. Winners will be recognized during the CUBE 2022 Annual Conference. Submit a nomination via the links below by Monday, August 8: Benjamin Elijah Mays Lifetime Achievement Award CUBE Annual Award for Urban School Board Excellence |
The Council of Urban Boards of Education (CUBE) recognizes excellence in school board governance by presenting the Annual Award for Urban School Board Excellence. Award winners share their ideas promote best and promising practices at CUBE conferences and through CUBE publications. These school boards serve as a resource for other CUBE districts, sharing how effective governance is essential in helping all urban school boards improve.
NSBA encourages all CUBE members to apply, particularly those school boards who are showing growth, innovating with policy, and who are eager to be an exemplar to other urban boards. School boards will be judged on a variety of measures across four core areas of urban school board governance:
- School Board Performance
- Academic Improvement
- Educational Equity
- Community Engagement
Past Winners
2020: Shelby County Schools (TN)
2019: Hillsborough County School District (FL)
2018: Jennings School District (MO), Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (NC), Forth Worth ISD (TX)
2017: Pittsburgh Public Schools (PA), Shelby County Schools (TN), Lancaster Independent School District (TX)