Dr. Ernestine Sanders
President and CEO- Cornerstone Schools.
Ernestine L. Sanders is a noted educator and Executive Director of Education at Cornerstone Schools. Under her leadership and tutelage, students achieve at the highest level and grow in the attributes of good character. Ms. Sanders is a leader of Curriculum Mastery and has designed a Data Driven Decision model to measure effectiveness of student achievement and teacher performance. Awarded the Salvatori Prize for American Citizenship she joined six other educational administrators at the State Capital for inspiring predominately urban students to exceptional achievement. She is featured in the book, No Excuses for her work in urban education. She received the Governor’s Award and the Crystal Apple Award from MSU for Educational Excellence and honored as Michiganian of the Year. Ms. Sanders received her BA from Indiana University and an advanced degree from MSU. She is the proud mother of 3 children, a grandchild and devoted to so many more.
- Michiganian of the Year
- Outstanding Education Award, College of Education-Michigan State University
- Salvatori Prize for American Citizenship Award
- The Skillman Foundation Award for Leadership of a High Performing School
- The State of Michigan Excellence Award
- 25 years as an educational leader for Cornerstone Schools Association serving as President and CEO.
- A change agent for moving schools from failure to success
- Success raising the academic record of students