The Random House, Inc. Foundation, announces the Random House Teachers Awards

Open to full and part-time teachers in public schools across the United States, the awards will be presented by Crown author Jonathan Kozol (Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America, August 2012) at the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention during the “Mentoring Matters” breakfast to be held November 16th in Las Vegas, Nevada. Awards consist of a $10,000 first place grant, $5,000 second place grant and a $2,500 third place grant award payable to each teacher’s respective school. In addition, book donations will be made to these winners and runners-up.