Articles
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How We Learn: Student-Led Labs
July 27, 2016It's important to understand what's working for students — and even more important to understand what's not. Here's one big change science teacher Nick Williams (CA '15) is making in his classroom this year.
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A Milken Educator Explores the Center for Unsung Heroes
June 16, 2016The grand opening of the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes gets Bill Smithyman (KS '15) thinking: Whose untold stories will his students discover?
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Making Her Voice Heard in Congress
June 3, 2016Angela Malone (MD '15) and U.S. Representative Steny Hoyer talk about ESSA, parental involvement and teacher pay.
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He Is My Success Story
June 1, 2016Shasta Looper (SC '12) has watched many former students graduate from high school. Marking the milestone with this young man felt different.
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How We Learn: Saturday School
May 10, 2016When AP exams loom, Nate Bowling (WA '13) spends the weekend at school with his students.
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How We Learn: The "Headbands" Game
May 9, 2016Shasta Looper (SC '12) straps index cards to fifth-graders' heads to explore descriptive imagery in poetry.
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My Mother, My Career Inspiration
May 5, 2016Mother's Day is extra-special for Milken Educators when teaching runs in the family.
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How We Learn: Geometry in the Real World
April 28, 2016When spring finally arrives in Michigan, Kevin Tobe (MI '15) takes students outside for a fresh (air) look at geometry.
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My Proudest Moment
April 11, 2016West Virginia AP English teacher and novelist Joe Stephens (WV '05) reflects on his proudest moment: the day he was surprised with the Milken Educator Award.
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Spotlight: Colin DeGroot (NM '15)
April 8, 2016Straight out of college, Colin DeGroot (NM '15) became the science teacher on an ELL team — and learned a valuable lesson about communicating with students.