(AP Photo/Dylan Lovan, File) Zaneta Billyzone-Jatta kisses her two-year-old daughter Zakiah Jatta in her classroom at Akin’s Early Learning Center in Auburn, Wash., March 26, 2024. (Ellen M.

The Dawbarn Education Awards were created in 1992 when the late H. Dunlop “Buz” Dawbarn established a $100,000 fund at the ...