LOS ANGELES, April, 14, 2009 – Shane Martin, dean of the School of Education at Loyola Marymount University has received the Catherine T. McNamee, C.S.J., Award as part of the 106th annual convention of the National Catholic Educational Association, being held April 14-16 at the Anaheim Convention Center.
The McNamee Award honors leadership “in promoting a vision of Catholic education that welcomes and serves cultural and economic diversity and enhances service for students with diverse needs.”
Martin heads the Catholic Schools Research Project, an initiative funded and supported by the Catholic Education Foundation of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The project researches and analyzes the long-term results of Catholic schools, especially in educating poor and marginalized students. Martin taught in Catholic middle and high schools for six years before joining LMU, where he has taught for 13 years in the graduate division of the School of Education. Martin was named dean 2005.
“This award is not just for me, we are the national leader in the education of Catholic school teachers and principals through our ten programs that focus exclusively on education and research,” Martin said upon receiving this award.
Established in 1904, the NCEA is the largest private professional education organization in the world, representing 200,000 Catholic educators serving 7.6 million students in Catholic elementary and secondary schools, in religious education programs, in seminaries and in colleges and universities.
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