Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes: Grand Opening Remarks
By Lowell Milken, Chairman, Milken Family FoundationLowell Milken's opening remarks at the Grand Opening celebration for the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes in historic downtown Fort Scott, Kansas.
Read Lowell's remarksLowell Milken’s Commencement Remarks to 2015 Graduating Class of Chapman University
By Lowell Milken, Chairman, Milken Family FoundationLowell Milken accepted an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Chapman University on May 23, 2015 during commencement ceremonies at the George L. Argyros School of Business and Economics.
Read Lowell's remarksAcceptance Speech - UCLA School of Law 2009 Alumnus of the Year
By Lowell Milken, Chairman, Milken Family FoundationOn May 15, 2009, Lowell Milken was honored as a UCLA School of Law 2009 Alumnus of the Year for his accomplishments in Public and Community Service, particularly in the area of education and school reform.
Read Lowell's remarksStrategies to Recruit, Reward and Retain Teachers
By Lowell Milken, Chairman, Milken Family FoundationA featured panelist at the National Governors Association (NGA) 97th Annual Meeting, Lowell Milken presents teacher quality strategies that work, based on his observations as a businessman combined with two decades of work improving teacher quality and implementing comprehensive education reform. In developing effective strategies, Lowell emphasizes the need to focus on high-caliber human capital—talented teachers—as the most important school-based factor driving student achievement, and to create a structured, highly motivating environment in which they can thrive.
Lowell discusses the Teacher Advancement Program (TAP)™ as a comprehensive school reform model containing the scope, force and focus essential to attracting talent to the teaching proession, and then rewarding and motivating the talent to stay. He describes the implementation of TAP's four elements in detail, noting its impact on teachers, students and schools as a whole.
Read Lowell's remarksHighTechHigh-LA Dedication Remarks
By Lowell Milken, Chairman, Milken Family FoundationThe Lowell Milken Family Foundation HighTechHigh-LA celebrated its dedication on November 17, 2004, as a revolutionary public charter school in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Lowell Milken's expertise in the relationship between quality teaching and the effective use of technology in the classroom has been instrumental in the development of this model school for the 21st century. The cutting-edge $13-million campus, built through a remarkable public/private partnership, targets low-income and minority students for a rigorous education in preparation for careers in engineering, medicine, math and science.
Read Lowell's remarksFor Ourselves and Our Posterity
By Lowell Milken, Chairman, Milken Family FoundationLowell Milken asserts the importance of early childhood care and education in ensuring a higher quality of life for more than 15 million children living in poverty in this keynote address that launched the 1997 Milken Family Foundation National Education Conference.
Lowell proposes a comprehensive, three-pronged strategy that includes accessible health services to all families, a two-tier system of parent education, and high-quality early education and care for all children. The proposal also discusses federal income tax credits and other benefits for families of children living in poverty, as well as guidelines for the quality of early education and care, to be set forth by the Federal government and enforced by state and local authorities.
Read Lowell's remarksEducation Is The Answer
By Lowell Milken, Chairman, Milken Family FoundationLowell Milken asserts that our young people are our greatest natural resource and as such, demand our full attention. He says that educators can do much to advance our children’s potential by providing a rigorous education experience, preparing young people for gainful and gratifying work, and developing virtues of character.
Lowell explains in detail why the future belongs to the educated and why our education system demands improvement. Excellence and high standards in education actively promote equity by affording an outstanding education to students with few advantages other than their will and capacity to learn and improve. Lowell points to two areas of critical importance to providing a rigorous education for more students: high academic standards and education technology.
Read Lowell's remarks2018 TAP Conference Keynote Presentation: Teacher Leaders as the Opportunity
By Lowell Milken, Chairman and Founder, National Institute for Excellence in TeachingLowell Milken talked about creating and expanding leadership in teachers in his keynote presentation at the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching's 2018 TAP Conference.
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