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Maryland’s Cassandra Batson Receives $25,000 Milken Educator Award

 

 

Milken Educator Awards Founder Lowell Milken tells the assembly that he believes teachers have the most important job in the country: inspiring young minds. He explains that he founded the Milken Educator Awards 40 years ago to inspire educators, students and entire communities to “Celebrate, Elevate and Activate” the teaching profession and encourage young, capable people to pursue education as a career.

As the Milken Educator Awards celebrates its 40th anniversary, Lowell Milken recognizes the extraordinary impact educators have made across the country and the importance of honoring those who are shaping the future. Today, one outstanding educator at Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville, Maryland, will join this remarkable legacy as a recipient of a 2026-27 Milken Educator Award!