The Christa McAuliffe Prize

The Nebraska Christa McAuliffe Prize For Courage and Excellence in Education is an award given annually to recognize a teacher in Nebraska for showing courage in education.

[1] This fund provides a way to recognize these teachers, and at the same time honor the memory of Ms. McAuliffe's courage.

Among the recipients of the Mcauliffe Prize over the past 20 years have been teachers who exemplified courage in many ways, including befriending and helping deaf people expand their capacity to learn despite a closed learning center to virtually adopting students and helping them out financially while fighting school bureaucracy.

[citation needed] The winning teacher receives a $1000 stipend and a plaque that is presented at a banquet held in his or her honor.

Nominations for this award can be submitted to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln through their website and is open to any Nebraska teacher that demonstrates courage in education.