Joanne Upton, Winner of the 2008 Margot Stern Strom Teaching Award

London- We are proud to announce that Joanne Upton, history and citizenship teacher at Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys in London,is a 2008 Margot Stern Strom Teaching Award recipient from ourinternational programme. The award, named after the organization'sfounder and executive director Margot Stern Strom, honors outstandingeducators of Facing History and Ourselves and supports those educatorsin the implementation of projects related to the work of FacingHistory.

Upton believes Facing History can be even more powerful for her students if it is adopted across departments. The award will allow her to visit oneof Facing History's model schools in New Haven, Connecticut where shecan learn how they have very successfully developed a whole-schoolapproach to Facing History. Upton will meet with teachers, students andschool leaders at New Haven Academy, a magnet school started in 2003that integrates Facing History throughout the curriculum. Upton'sfindings will help her team strategize new ways to infuse FacingHistory into the culture of their school and across disciplines.