Champions of Change

Champions of Change: Connected

The White House honors 10 local heroes who are taking creative approaches in using technology to enhance learning for students in communities across the country.

Bud Hunt is an instructional technologist for the St. Vrain Valley School District, where he works with a strong team of educators and technologists who share a vision of creating environments...

Heather Cox is a fourth grade teacher and grade level chair at Crabapple Crossing Elementary School in Milton, Georgia. A transplant from Cleveland, Ohio, Heather began teaching in the Fulton...

Brian Walsh leads the offender education program for Peninsula College at two state prisons in the northwest corner of Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula. Brian believes that by providing...

Todd Nesloney is a fifth grade teacher at Fields Store Elementary in Waller, Texas. He is a National School Board Association “20 to Watch” for 2013, Center for Digital Education “Top 40...

Daphne Bradford is the founder and president of the non-profit organization Mother of Many (M.O.M.). Since 2006, Mother of Many has been providing innovative technology training and certification...

Carolyn Foote is the district and high school librarian at Westlake High School at Eanes Independent School District in Austin, Texas. Fascinated by the intersection of technology and libraries,...

Mark Coppin is the Director of Assistive Technology at the Anne Carlsen Center in Jamestown, ND where he coordinates the provision of assistive technology services for the Center. He also provides...

Jennie Magiera is the Digital Learning Coordinator for the Academy for Urban School Leadership, a network of 29 Chicago Public Schools, and previously she taught fourth and fifth grade math. As an...

S. Dallas Dance, superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools, is responsible for overseeing the instruction of 108,376 students and leading and managing a $1.4 billion budget, 18,783...

Misa Gonzales is a Freshman English teacher at Desert View High School in the Sunnyside School District in Tucson, Arizona. Her focus is teaching reading and writing through advanced technology in...