Wade Whitehead (VA ’00) Leads 12th Annual Teachers of Promise Institute
June 5, 2015 Milken Educator Wade Whitehead (VA ’00), president and founder of the Virginia Teachers of Promise Foundation, organized the 12th annual Teachers of Promise Institute, which recognized almost 100 prospective teachers from 19 college and university schools of education. (read more)
Phillip Perez (CA '88) Receives 2015 Distinguished Alumni Honor
March 20, 2015
Dr. Phillip Perez (CA '88) has been honored with the California State University Long Beach (CSULB) Distinguished Alumni Award, the school's highest alumni honor. (read more)
Craig Lindvahl (IL‘89) Appointed to Illinois State Board of Education
March 2, 2015
Milken Educator Craig Lindvahl (IL‘89) was recently appointed to Illinois State Board of Education by that state's newly elected Governor Bruce Rauner. (read more)
Sharon Draper (OH '97) Wins Young Adult Library Services Award
February 18, 2015
Milken Educator Sharon M. Draper (OH '97) has been named the recipient of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) 2015 Margaret A. Edwards Award for her significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens. (read more)
Brenton Young (WY '98) Named Chief Policy Officer for Wyoming Department of Education
December 9, 2014
Wyoming Superintendent-Elect Balow names Milken Educator Brent Young to her leadership team as Chief Policy Officer. (read more)
Yvonne Caamal Canul (MI '95) Named Michigan's Superintendent of the Year
November 13, 2014
The Michigan Association of School Administrators has honored Lansing School District Superintendent Yvonne Caamal Canul (MI '95) as Michigan's Superintendent of the Year. (read more)
Shannon Garrison (CA '08) Appointed to National Assessment Governing Board for Second Term
October 20, 2014
Shannon Garrison (CA '08) Appointed to National Assessment Governing Board for Second Term (read more)
David Heckman (ME ‘91) Elected to United States Academic Decathlon Board
September 2, 2014
David will be president-elect of United States Academic Decathlon® State Directors for two years, then serve as president for another two. (read more)
Nick Salerno's (CA '97) District Recognized by College Board
July 11, 2014
Superintendent Nick Salerno's (CA '97) El Monte Union High School Disctrict named the College Board's Advanced Placement District of the Year (read more)
Mariama Carson (IN ’04) Wins Mind Trust Fellowship, $250,000 Grant to Start New Charter
May 15, 2014 Carson is The Mind Trust's first Indianapolis-based Education Entrepreneur Fellow and the first fellow to start a charter school. (read more)
