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Celebrating 30 Years

Grab a Kleenex and watch the highlights from three decades surprising outstanding educators. Where will we show up in 2016-17?

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About the Milken Educator Awards

We've been surprising outstanding educators with $25,000 cash prizes for 30 years. Our online newsroom has all the facts.

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2016 Milken Educator Awards Forum

The 2015-16  Milken Educators gathered in New Orleans for learning and inspiration.

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Unsung Heroes

Kansas Milken Educator Bill Smithyman (KS '15) explores the new Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes in historic Fort Scott. 

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Milken Educators: Shaping Our Future
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How We Learn: Student-Led Labs
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Rhonda Burrage (MS '15) Calls Mom
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What are the Milken Educator Awards?

Film has the Oscar™, music has the Grammy™, science has the Nobel Prize and sports has its Olympic Gold, but what about the unsung heroes on the frontlines shaping our future?  Where is the recognition for our nation’s educators?  Enter Lowell Milken and the Milken Educator Awards.
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Sep 27, 2016
How School Leadership Can Make or Break a Teacher’s Decision to Stay in the Classroom
Education Post — Chicago, IL
Sep 20, 2016
I Never Thought I’d Become a Teacher. Here’s How My Mom Changed My Mind.
Education Post — Chicago, IL
Sep 16, 2016
L.A. Unified Salutes Seven L.A. County 2016-17 ‘Teachers of the Year’
Los Angeles Unified School District — Los Angeles, CA

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