Schools of Tomorrow Today, edited by Susan F. Semmel and Alan R. Sadovnik. 2000 American Educational Studies Association Critic’s Choice Award.

Learning Online, Media & Methods, 1998 Portfolio Award Winner for online learning materials. See: http://www.media-methods.com/default.html

Farm Security Administration Photographs of Florida (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1993) selected by the American Association for State and Local History as an outstanding book in the field of state and local history (September 1993).

Religious Fundamentalism and American Education (State University of New York Press, 1990) chosen by The Gustavus Meyers Center for the Study of Human Rights in the United States as an "Outstanding Book" on the subject of Human Rights in the United States (December 1992).

Freshman Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Miami, July 1991.

University of Miami Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, Man of the Year Award, June 1986.

Special Citation from the Dade County School Board, April 1986 for contributions to the Centennial Celebration of the Dade County Public Schools (1885-1985).

Alternate, Undergraduate Student Body Government, University of Miami, Professor of the Year Award, March 1984.

Society for the Study of Curriculum History, Honorable Mention for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in the field of Curriculum History, 1976-1981 (Education and the Aesopic Tradition).

Undergraduate Student Body Government, University of Miami, Professor of the Year Award, April 1981.

Phi Delta Kappa, 75th Diamond Jubilee Anniversary, Distinguished Young Leader in Education Award, January 1981 (This award was given to 75 educators under the age of 45 that Phi Delta Kappa felt showed the greatest potential as contributors to the field of Education in the United States).

Alumni Research Award, School of Education and Allied Professions, University of Miami, 1979-1980.

"Golden Mean Blocks" selected for exhibit in the Smithsonian traveling exhibit developed by CEMREL, Inc., and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, "Reflections: The Child in America," a two year national traveling exhibit.

"Golden Mean Blocks" selected for exhibition at the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., June 15-September 9, 1979.

Honorable Mention Prize Winner for the design of the educational toy "Golden Mean Blocks," Arango International Design Competition, January 1979.

Doctoral Marshal, Washington University, June 1976.