The Dolores Kohl Education Foundation has been honoring outstanding educators since 1985, first with the Kohl International Teaching Awards, then later with the Kohl McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Awards. This important commitment continues today with the Kohl Education Prize.

Gary Tinterow
2019 Kohl Education Prize winner

Tom Hanks
2018 Kohl Education Prize winner

Dolores Kohl, Tom Hanks, Anna Feinerman

Morton Schapiro and Gary Saul Morson
2017 Kohl Education Prize winner

Sherry Turkle
2016 Kohl Education Prize winner

John Merrow
2015 Kohl Education Prize winner

Dr. Bruce D. Perry
2014 Kohl Education Prize winner

Linda Darling Hammond
2013 Kohl Education Prize winner

Diane Ravitch
2012 Kohl Education Prize winner

2012 Kohl Teacher Award winners

John Kuijper, Bronzeville Scholastic Academy High School

Folasade Adekunle, Northwest Middle School

Abigail Weber, Horatio May Community Academy Elementary School

KOHL EDUCATION PRIZE RECIPIENTS

Gary Tinterow
2019

Tom Hanks
2018

Morton Schapiro and
Gary Saul Morson
2017

Sherry Turkle
2016

John Merrow
2015

Dr. Bruce D. Perry
2014

Linda Darling Hammond
2013

Diane Ravitch
2012

DKEF PROGRAMS

Many Colors of Us

Animal Orchestra on Tour

Van Gogh For All

America's Children's Museum on Wheels: StoryBus

Kohl Education Prize

Kohl McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Awards

Kohl International Teaching Awards

William Hurt, Charles M. Schulz, Oprah Winfrey, and Dr. Shinichi Suzuki are just some of the luminaries who received our Media and Lifetime Achievement Awards

The Dolores Kohl Education

Foundation supports the

development of early literacy

skills through innovative

programs.