Schultz Stout Named DPI Friend of Education
Katie Schultz Stout, who recently retired as WEAC's director of teaching
and learning, is one of six people honored Thursday (September 18, 2003)
as a Friend of Education by State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster.
The
awards were presented during the annual State Superintendent’s
Fall Conference for District Administrators at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Memorial Union.
“These are individuals who have made and continue to make significant
contributions to our children’s learning,” Burmaster said.
“These Friends of Education understand that education is the foundation
of our democracy and that the long-term economic security and quality
of life in Wisconsin is dependent on how we educate this generation.”
Burmaster presented awards to:
- Schultz Stout, of Stoughton, a former teacher in Appleton, retired
WEAC director for teaching and learning, and advocate for implementation
of PI 34 — the Quality Educator Initiative.
- Ricardo Diaz of Milwaukee, executive director for the United Community
Center, a comprehensive social service agency serving Milwaukee citizens;
former commissioner of City Development and executive director for
the Milwaukee Housing Authority; and “relentless community activist
who works to bring together families, schools, and the community to
support the interests of young and old alike.”
- Jan Dowden, mentor to Burmaster and countless other teachers, who
worked for 38 years as a teacher, learning coordinator, and principal,
recently retiring from Sennett Middle School, Madison.
- Lee Sherman Dreyfus, of Waukesha, first chancellor of the University
of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, governor from 1979 to 1983, member of
the Board of Regents from 1990 to 1996, interim state superintendent
in spring 1993, and pioneer of PK-16 education.
- Virginia Henderson, retired after 21 years as a school psychologist
for Madison Metropolitan School District and active in community service
for more than a dozen organizations including Women in Focus, a literacy
and reading program at the South Madison Community Center; African
American Ethnic Academy; Madison Children’s Museum; Evjue Foundation;
and others.
- Patty Loew, assistant professor in the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Life Sciences, host for Wisconsin Public Television’s
“In Wisconsin,” news and public affairs program; and author
of “Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal”
and the recently published 4th-grade textbook “Native People
of Wisconsin.”
Posted September 19, 2003