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Seventy exceptional elementary educators from across the nation will receive $25,000 Milken Educator Awards at the Milken National Education / Teacher Advancement Program™ Conference in Los Angeles, April 17-19. These educators will be among 900 top educators, experts and policymakers gathering at the conference to share their ideas under the theme, Comprehensive Teacher Quality Reform: Policy and Practice for a New Era. For more information, visit the Conference Web site at http://www.mff.org/mea/nec2009/nec2009.taf. For more information on TAP, visit http://www.talentedteachers.org.
From a field of more than 1,000 applicants,
Hector Ibarra (IA '93) was one of only 25 educators to be selected for a 2008-2009 Teaching Ambassador Fellowship (TAF) from the U.S. Department of Education.
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The Milken Family Foundation criss-crossed the country, honoring up to 80 of the nation's best elementary educators with the prestigious $25,000
Milken Educator Award during
National Notifications 2008.
Check out the excitement of the Milken Educator Awards at www.mff.org/mea/notif2008.taf, where you can read our blog, see a complete listing of all of this year's recipients and view photos and videos from many of the surprise events.
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Sarah Powley (IN '93) conducted a one-hour Webinar on "Global Connections: Ideas and Resources for Incorporating International Content into Secondary Language Arts" on November 19.
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At the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, MN, two Milken Educators,
Glen Westbroek (UT '01) and
Dr. Steven Paine (WV '05), were panelists on the Education Forum focused on 21st Century Skills. They joined four distinguished experts from business and policy to discuss why 21st Century Skills are important and relevant. Other topics included the role of technology in education and how professional development will help teachers instill 21st Century Skills in their students.
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Dr. Jane Foley (IN '94) was once again a guest on the nationally syndicated radio show
Bill Bennett's Morning in America on June 13, 2008. Dr. Foley, senior vice president of the
Milken Educator Awards, spoke with the show's host, former U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. William J. Bennett, about
Team HOPE (History Opens Eyes), a group of five Milken Educators working with Dr. Bennett to help advance the use of his books,
America: The Last Best Hope, Volumes I and II, in schools across the country. The four other Milken Educators are
Philip Bigler (VA '99),
Rex Bolinger (IN '99),
Dr. Jeff Gall (MO '96), and
Mark Ingerson (VA '05).
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