NAREA Lifetime Achievement Award

Every year, NAREA honors an individual or organization for contributions to the field of early childhood education and advocacy for the rights of children, families and educators.

In 2004-2007, the NAREA Lifetime Achievement Award recipients were honored at the NAREA Annual Meeting during the NAEYC Annual Conference. Since 2008, NAREA honors the NAREA Lifetime Achievement Award recipient at the NAREA Summer Conference every year. See the Reflection page of the Members Only Area of the NAREA website for information about the Annual Meeting or Summer Conference program celebrating each year's honoree.

The NAREA board welcomes nominations for the NAREA Lifetime Achievement Award from NAREA members. If you would like to submit a nomination, contact .

The following is a list of NAREA Lifetime Achievement Award recipients:

• 2010: Carolyn Pope Edwards, Willa Cather Professor, Departments of Psychology and Child, Youth and Family Studies, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
   
• 2008: The Municipality of Reggio Emilia, Italy
   
• 2007: Jerome Bruner, Professor, New York University School of Law, New York, New York
  
  
• 2006: Amelia Gambetti, Reggio Children International Exchanges Coordinator and Liaison for Consultancy in Schools, Istituzione Scuole e Nidi d'infanzia Advisory Council, Reggio Emilia, Italy
   
• 2005: Lilian Katz, Professor Emerita, University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign and Co-Director of the Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative, Champaign, Illinois
   
• 2004: Lella Gandini, Reggio Children Liaison in the U.S. for the Dissemination of the Reggio Emilia Approach, Northampton, Massachusetts