Congratulations to social studies teacher Dr. Lisa Greenwald! She's have won 3rd place in the Research category of the 2025 David McCullough Essay Prize. Her essay was widely recognized for its quality, argument, and attention to historical detail by our panel of Master Teacher judges and college professor judges. The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History extended its most sincere congratulations to her as well.
To provide context for this achievement, there were 753 student submissions for the prizes, coming from 36 U.S. states, Washington DC, Thailand, the UK, Canada, Bangladesh, Myanmar, India, Kazakhstan, Taiwan, Canada, Pakistan, China, Turkey, and Korea. Brava Dr. Greenwald!
