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Dr. Shirley S. Schwartz Urban Education Impact  Award

Shirley Schwartz

The Council of the Great City Colleges of Education, an affiliate group of deans working with urban school leaders, presents the Dr. Shirley S. Schwartz Urban Education Impact  Award each year at the Council's Fall Conferences. The award is named in honor of Dr. Shirley S. Schwartz, the Council's Director of Special Projects and staff liaison with the colleges of education. The award honors an outstanding partnership between a university and an urban school district that has had a positive and significant impact on student learning. 

The 2025 winner of the award was the Guilford County Schools – UNC Greensboro Partnership between North Carolina’s Guilford County Schools and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The goal of the partnership is to strengthen and expand district–university collaboration by improving educational experiences and outcomes through joint projects that enhance student learning, expand access to high-quality instruction, and diversify the educator workforce.