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Fall 2007 Issue  
Fudge Muffins & Tartar Sauce
Feature
Shelf Life
Shelf Life
Many Milken Educators are also published authors, sharing their stories, ideas and love of reading with children and adults alike.
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Feature
A World of Possibilities
How a seminar in Australia changed one Milken Educator’s perspective on professional development, her teaching and her life.
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Also in this issue Shaping the Future
Like Clockwork
Into the Future
Three Cheers

Spring 2007 Issue  

Feature
The Squadron
A Milken Educator has involved students in her quest to chronicle the lives of her father's World War II Army Air Corps squadron.
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Milken Festival for Youth
Wheels in Motion
A cleanup effort by students in northwestern Pennsylvania has helped turn potentially hazardous waste material into a highly useful resource.
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Also in this issue Twenty Years
Heavens on Earth
Progress Report: TAP Teachers and Schools Demonstrate Higher Achievement Growth Than Controls

Spring 2006 Issue  
Postcards from the PastMilken Festival for Youth
Postcards from the Past
A mural by Amy Braswell (AR '02) and her fourth graders brings the rich history of Texarkana, Arkansas, to life.
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Teacher Advancement Program
Transforming Disaster into Renewal
The Algiers Charter Schools Association has adopted the Teacher Advancement Program as part of its strategy to rebuild New Orleans schools.
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Feature
A Few Good Men
Though men remain a minority in the teaching profession, they play a vital role in the success of their students.
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Also in this issue Quality Time
Quality Comments
The Copeland Family "Curse"
Bard for Life
Preparing a New Generation of Highly Qualified — and Highly Skilled — Teachers

Spring 2006 Issue  
Feature
Life Science
For nearly three decades, Milken Educator Janice Crowley (KS '97) has been a catalyst for transforming students into scientists.
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Feature
Water Works
What began as a water testing curriculum for Milken Educator Randy Cook's (MI '01) classroom has become a program of international significance.
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Also in this issue Glory Days
Performance Pay Rewards Good Teaching
Humanity, Hope and the Human Spirit
Xenia High School Chemistry Club: Science (and Teaching) Can Be Fun!
Mini-Milkens
If You Play, They Will Come

Fall 2005 Issue  
Guest Article
This is Science: Don't Take My Word For It. Try It Yourself!
An annual trip to the Amazon reveals the joy of scientific discovery, a joy that Milken Educator Rick Crosslin says can be experienced by anyone, anywhere.
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Milken Educator Network
Getting to Know You
Missouri's Milken Educator Network has taken the initiative to offer themselves as expert resources to state legistlators.
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Also in this issue Building a New Foundation
What a Difference Three Days Makes
Life Lessons
Passion for Giving
Little Lesgistlators
A New Image of the Heroic Teacher
For the Love of Literacy

Spring 2005 Issue  
Teacher Advancment Program
Paths of Opportunity
TAP's multiple career paths let teachers move up professionally without moving out of the classroom.
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Paths of Opportunity
Profile
Primary Colors
For more than two decades, Jane Ching Fung (CA '02) has helped young children build a strong foundation for learning.
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Primary Colors
Also in this issue The Many Faces of Excellence
Milken Mahalos
The Domino Effect
Scranton Reads The Children of Willesden Lane
Treasures of the Heart
Diving FEET First into Teaching
Promoting Peace in Long Beach

Fall 2004 Issue  
Profile
Keeping the Dream
As co-founder and principal of Dreamkeepers Academy, Dr. Doreatha White (VA ’02) has realized a lifelong dream of teaching the whole child.
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Paths of Opportunity
Milken Educator Network
Teachers of Promise
Virginia Milken Educators have created an institute that celebrates, elevates and activates the state’s prospective teachers.
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Teachers of Promise
Also in this issue Capital Building
Fifty Years Later
Staying Power
Going Batty!
Heart of Hearing
Code for the Road


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