The Academy exists solely to identify excellence in education and to select people, programs and organizations from across the entire field for recognition by the education community.

The Academy is comprised of a diverse cadre of prominent leaders from virtually every primary sector of the education community: parents, teachers, principals, superintendents, state departments of education, school boards, PTA, policy wonks, early childhood, advocates, deans and professors of education schools, education columnists, afterschool programs, researchers, school nurses, school facilities manager, philanthropists, visionaries, and pioneers.

The Academy is comprised of a Board of Govenors, a Council of Peers and an executive committee.

Members of the Board of Governors select the winners of the Bammy Awards from a short list created by the Council of Peers. The executive committee manages the administration of the Awards.

The Academy plays a vital role in selecting the winners of the Bammy Awards, honoring excellence in education from A-Z. The aggregate achievements and contributions of the Academy's members makes recognition by this group a substantive and unparalleled honor to be highly valued, coveted and respected across the education community and beyond.