BCPS Superintendent Dance Receives Award from Common Sense

From BCPS: Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. S. Dallas Dance will receive this year’s Educational Leadership Award from Common Sense, the nation's leading nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering parents, educators, and advocates to help kids thrive in the digital age.

Others to be honored at the 2017 Common Sense Awards are:

● Gina Rodriguez, Golden Globe Award-winning actor, the CW's Jane the Virgin: Media Role Model Award

● Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Senator Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.): Public Policy Leadership Award

● Amy Poehler's Smart Girls, co-founded by Amy Poehler and Meredith Walker: Digital Media Leadership Award

● April McClain-Delaney, Common Sense Washington director and co-chair, Common Sense Washington Advisory Council: Common Sense Champion Award

The ceremony will be held at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 3, 2017. The event will be hosted by Katty Kay, anchor, BBC News, and Claire Shipman, journalist/author; co-authors of the New York Times best-seller The Confidence Code.

Corporate sponsors include 21st Century Fox, Activision, AT&T, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Charter Communications, Comcast NBCUniversal, Facebook, First Republic Bank, Hulu, Nickelodeon, Twitter, and Davis, Polk & Wardwell, LLP. The audience will include influential guests in education, government, public leadership, industry, and business.

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