Henry Winkler, the actor who play Arthur Fonzarelli on “Happy Days,” is receiving the United Federation of Teachers’ highest honor, the John Dewey Award, at the union’s spring conference.
From the union:
Winkler’s TV production company has created family and children’s programming that deals with social issues such as adoption, child abuse, teenage drunk driving, and young people coping with divorce, Winkler has also co-authored a series of children’s books based on his struggles with dyslexia and is a founder of the Children’s Action Network, which provides free immunizations to hundreds of thousands of children.