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Texas Drama Teacher Set To Get Special Tony Award

The annual education award bestowed by the Tony Awards and Carnegie Mellon University recognizes U.S. educators.

(Courtesy of Tim Lee)

June 30, 2022

This year the special Tony Award that honors educators is going to a drama teacher in Texas.

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Roshunda Jones-Koumba, the theater director at George Washington Carver Magnet High School in the Harris County Aldine Independent School District will receive the 2022 Excellence in Theatre Education Award on June 12 at the Tony Awards in New York City.

The annual education award bestowed by the Tony Awards and Carnegie Mellon University recognizes U.S. educators from kindergarten to 12th grade who have "demonstrated monumental impact on the lives of students and who embodies the highest standards of the profession."

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