The votes have been counted! The honorees list has been published!

Nominations and community voting for the Bammy Educators' Voice Awards began on April 7th and closed on May 15th. During that period nominations were received in 26 categories across the education field.

Today we released the names of the people who received the most votes in each category and who were identified by their peers in the general education community for their exceptional contributions, collaborative spirit and modeling of what it means to be a 21st-century educator. The outcomes always yield surprises and this year was no exception. Most exciting are the new faces and voices that surfaced during the process.

Note that the Educators' Voice Award is *not* the Bammy Award. Many people have been confused about this and ask about the difference between the two. The Educators' Voice honorees are determined by popular vote (similar to the People’s Choice Awards). The Bammy Award honorees are selected by the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences Board of Governors. Bammy Award honorees are not publicly announced until the Bammy Awards event in September.

Each serves a different purpose.The main objective of the Educators' Voice Award is to cast a wide net and ensure that the awards don't just end up recognizing the same people we know and read about all the time. The goal of the Educators' Voice is to surface great work being done by educators who are way off the radar screen.  Last year, the Educators' Voice Awards brought educators whom we had never heard of to our attention and a couple actually went on to be selected by the Academy to also receive a Bammy Award. 

Congratulations to all of the honorees, and thanks to all who nominated candidates and voted!! Educators' Voice honorees automatically become members of the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences’ Council of Peers. 

 If you know any of the honorees (and even if you don't), be sure to congratulate them! Here is the link to the list.