Awards & Speaking

Recognition

Honors, awards, and international engagements in maker education.

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2025 • Featured

World's Best School Prize for Innovation

Franklin School was named the winner of the World's Best School Prize for Innovation by T4 Education—the first school in the United States to receive this honor.

“The curriculum is grounded in design, systems, and preparing students for the future. A Franklin education is about how students take knowledge and make an impact.”

Awards & Honors

2025

World's Best School Prize for Innovation

FEATURED

T4 Education

Franklin School named the most innovative school in the world—the first US school to receive this honor.

2013

Teacher of the Future

FEATURED

NAIS (National Association of Independent Schools)

Recognized for pioneering maker-centered learning in K-12 education.

2011

MIT Fab Lab Certification

MIT Center for Bits and Atoms

First MIT-certified Fab Lab at an all-girls school globally.

Fellowships & Affiliations

2014

Senior FabLearn Fellow

ONGOING

Stanford Graduate School of Education

Ongoing fellowship contributing to research and practice in maker education.

2013

Constructing Modern Knowledge Staff

ONGOING

CMK Summer Institute

Staff member at the annual constructionist learning institute founded by Gary Stager.

International Speaking

2023

Constructionism / FabLearn

NYC

2022

KDS Spring International Conference

South Korea

2019

FabLearn Global

New York, NY

2018

Constructionism Conference

Vilnius, Lithuania

2017

Makeology Maker Summit

Chennai, India

2016

FabLearn Stanford

Stanford, CA

2012

TEDxNYED

New York, NY

And many more workshops, panels, and presentations worldwide...

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