Articles
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Spotlight: 10 Questions for Andrew Franz (NY '17)
March 14, 2018Special education teacher Andrew Franz (NY ’17) was inspired by his mother’s leadership in community fundraising and awareness events: “Little did she know that she was instilling in me the process of taking an idea and making it grow into something bigger than imagined.”
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Spotlight: 10 Questions for Allison Felton (MD '17)
March 13, 2018Teaching got easier for Allison Felton (MD ’17) when she realized how much her students’ home lives differed from her own background: “I realized that they needed someone to listen to them.”
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Spotlight: 10 Questions for Dawn McLain (AR '17)
March 13, 2018Dawn McLain (AR ’17) defines success as never giving up, reaching goals she once thought impossible, and “knowing that I made a difference in the lives of my students.”
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Spotlight: 10 Questions for Debreon Davis (OK '17)
March 13, 2018High school principal Debreon Davis (OK ’17) sees meeting the varied learning needs of thousands of students as her biggest challenge: “Keeping kids from flying under the radar is something I work to combat every day.”
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Spotlight: 10 Questions for Jennifer Fuller (TX '17)
March 13, 2018In addition to teaching English, Jennifer Fuller (TX ’17) delivers important lessons about self-worth, empathy, hard work, and the importance of creativity: “I hope my students remember how to keep reaching for their dreams when life gets tough.”
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Spotlight: 10 Questions for Aja Brown (NY '17)
March 12, 2018During her first year of teaching, Aja Brown (NY ‘17) was overjoyed and inspired by her students’ keen interest in the biology of diseases: “I have tried to recreate that feeling in every lesson since.”
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Spotlight: 10 Questions for Heidi Albin (KS '17)
March 12, 2018Heidi Albin (KS '17) credits her fifth-grade teacher, Milken Educator Gary Bloemker (CO '94), for passing on his passion for education and influencing her teaching style: “He was the best teacher I ever had, and he showed me how to love school and love students.”
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Spotlight: 10 Questions for Lauren Hopkins (RI '17)
March 12, 2018To keep classic literature relevant to students’ lives, Lauren Hopkins (RI ‘17) includes contemporary songs, young adult literature and discussions of parental pressure in her lessons: “Romeo and Juliet, no longer just characters in a drama, become relatable teenagers fighting to be loved and understood.”
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Spotlight: 10 Questions for Dan Adler (MA '17)
March 12, 2018When students tell Dan Adler (MA ‘17) they’re interested in teaching, his first reaction is unbridled joy: “That means they see something they love in their day-to-day school experience, and my colleagues and I are doing something good for them.”
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Spotlight: 10 Questions for Aaron Ferguson (CA '17)
March 8, 2018Aaron Ferguson (CA ‘17) credits his students’ hard work as much as his own for his Milken Award: “I tell them that success like that occurs when a bunch of talented people get together and choose to do something great.”