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Misty Ayres-Miranda Receives TN Milken Educator Award

Tennessee Education Commissioner Dr. Candice McQueen leads the morning assembly at Nashville School of the Arts to congratulate students on their recent test scores...right? Turns out McQueen has a big surprise in store for English teacher Misty Ayres-Miranda: the Milken Educator Award and a check for $25,000! Joining McQueen as a representative of the Milken Family Foundation is Dr. Gary Stark, president/CEO of the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching and a Milken Educator himself from Arkansas. Click through the photo gallery to watch the school's reaction as one of its favorite teachers becomes a Milken Educator.