Honors & recognition.

Recognition from peers, parents, community leaders, and the institutions Dr. Karp has spent a lifetime serving — alongside testimonial voices from students, teachers, and elected officials.

Awards & Honors

A career of recognized service.

Awards reflecting decades of work on behalf of students, teachers, and the communities of Miami-Dade County.

i.
City National Bank Beach High Outstanding Achievement Award
Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce · 100th Awards Dinner & Gala
2026
ii.
Cervantes Outstanding Educator Award
Community Recognition for Excellence in Education
iii.
Lifetime Legacy Award
Miami-Dade County Council PTA / PTSA
iv.
Educational Leadership Award
Yeshiva Elementary · Yeshiva Middle · Aderes
v.
Hall of Fame Inductee
Miami Beach Senior High School
vi.
Proclamation for Contributions to Miami-Dade Public Schools
Miami-Dade County School Board
vii.
Eagle Scout
Boy Scouts of America · The Highest Rank in Scouting
viii.
Top Prize in Urban Education
Miami-Dade County Public Schools (during his Board tenure)
District Impact

Recognized by the work itself.

The measurable results of sixteen years of policy leadership across one of America's largest school districts.

School Board
100+ Initiatives
Approved by Board colleagues across four terms
District 3
7 New Schools
Built through his input and advocacy on the Board
Children's Trust
36k Annually
Children benefiting from programs he helped fund in perpetuity
H.O.P.E. Contest
10k+ Students
Participated in the contest he founded 31 years ago
Vice Chair
4 Times
Selected by his Board colleagues in 2006, 2012, 2017 & 2018
Appointments
1 + 1 + 3
Superintendent, Board attorney, and three Chief Auditors during his tenure
Moments of Recognition

Honored across the years.

From the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce Centennial Gala to the Talmudic University Educational Leadership Award.

Voices of Support

Testimonials & tributes.

Letters, statements, and tributes from across the Miami-Dade education community — students, teachers, parents, elected officials, and education leaders. More than 300 written and video testimonials in all.

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A lifetime of service — to students, teachers, and the families of one of America's largest school districts.
— On a Career in Public Education
Acknowledgements

With gratitude.

Dr. Karp has long emphasized that no career in education is built alone — and acknowledges the partners, mentors, and institutions that made the work possible.

Dr. Karp wishes to thank his colleagues on the Miami-Dade County School Board across four terms, the staff and leadership of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, his fellow members on The Children's Trust, his colleagues at the Talmudic University consortium and the Scheck Hillel Community School, and the WLRN Community Advisory Board.

He also thanks the partner organizations of the H.O.P.E. Contest — Miami-Dade County Animal Services, the Humane Society of Greater Miami — and the thousands of teachers and parents who have made every program possible. Most of all, he thanks the students of Miami-Dade, who remain the reason for the work.

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In Conversation

Speaking, media, & correspondence.

For speaking engagements, media inquiries, or correspondence regarding educational initiatives and community programs.