Articles
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Three Lessons from the Nashville English Teacher Who Won a Shocking $25,000 Prize
November 10, 2015Misty Ayres-Miranda, Tennessee's newest Milken Educator, talks with Chalkbeat about the Common Core, testing and her students. -
Milken Educators: Where Are They Now? (Part 2)
November 2, 2015For the second of a multi-part series, we asked Milken Educators to reflect on how winning the award has impacted their lives and careers.
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It’s Completely Worth It: What I Needed to Know as a First-Year Teacher
September 1, 2015Milken Educator Lindsey Parker (LA '14) discusses her experience encouraging new educators and the influence of TAP: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement in the classroom.
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Strategies for Getting to Know Your Students
August 26, 2015Milken Educator Mike Anderson (NH '04) offers tips and strategies for getting to know your students at the start of a new school year (or any time).
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Without Words – Teaching English Language Learners (ELL)
August 10, 2015Indiana Milken Educator Sarah Powley (IN '93) shares what she learned from her Spanish-speaking English Language Learner (ELL) students and offers suggestions for content-area teachers about what they can do to help ELL students learn.
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Milken Educators: Where Are They Now? (Part 1)
August 4, 2015Milken Educator Award winners are welcomed into a powerful professional network that serves as a valuable resource to fellow educators and policy makers at all levels. Many recipients have gone on to shape and influence education policy and practice today. For the first of a multi-part series, we asked Milken Educators to reflect on how winning the award has impacted their lives and careers.
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10 Team-Building Activities for the First Week of School
July 23, 2015The Milken Educator Awards bring you 10 fun and easy team building activities for the first week of school to help break the ice in the classroom.
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Great YouTube Channels for Teachers
July 15, 2015The amount of educational resources on YouTube for teachers is growing every day, providing opportunities for educators to curate their own playlists of informational videos that can help students learn. But sifting through the thousands of educational channels can be challenging, so we've simplified things with this handy list of the best resources on YouTube for teachers from the Milken Educator Awards.
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Why I Became a Teacher
July 6, 2015Milken Educators reflect on influences that led them to the classroom.
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The Art Effect Project
June 29, 2015The Art Effect Project, an exciting new Initiative of the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes (LMC), teaches students the power they have to create change in the world, inspiring them to follow the examples of positive role models from history. The project also includes an art competition—open to U.S. and international students in grades 6-12—with a grand prize of $7,500.