In The News
A select sampling of news about the Milken Family Foundation and its initiatives.
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Secaucus Teacher Wins Prestigious Award, $25,000
Secaucus Patch
| December 20, 2017
| Secaucus, NJ
(MEA)
WATCH --> NJ teacher hearing she’s won ‘Oscar’ of teaching awards
New Jersey 101.5
| WKXW-FM
| December 20, 2017
| Secaucus, NJ
(MEA)
WATCH --> NJ teacher surprised with prestigious educator award, $25K
News 12 New Jersey
| December 19, 2017
(MEA)
WATCH --> Teacher's amazing reaction to winning $25K education award
NJ.com
| The Jersey Journal
| December 19, 2017
| Secaucus, NJ
(MEA)
Charlotte-Area School Teacher Gets Surprise Of Lifetime
Charlotte Patch
| December 19, 2017
| Charlotte, NC
(MEA)
WATCH --> Secaucus math teacher wins $25,000 Milken educator award
WPIX-TV
| CW
| December 19, 2017
| Secaucus, NJ
(MEA)
Gaston County assistant principal gets $25,000 worth of respect from Milken Award
The Charlotte Observer
| December 18, 2017
| Charlotte, NC
(MEA)
Bessemer City assistant principal wins national honor
The Gaston Gazette
| December 18, 2017
| Bessemer City, NC
(MEA)
Bessemer City assistant principal wins national honor
The Shelby Star
| December 18, 2017
| Bessemer City, NC
(MEA)
WATCH --> South Florida teacher granted $25,000 award
WSVN-TV
| FOX
| December 15, 2017
| Miami, FL
(MEA)
Miami Middle School Teacher Gets Surprise Of Lifetime
Miami Patch
| December 15, 2017
| Miami, FL
(MEA)
Local Math Teacher Surprised With National Award — And A Giant Check
WLRN
| NPR
| December 15, 2017
| Miami, FL
(MEA)
WATCH --> Surprise! Miami Teacher Receives $25K Milken Education Award
WFOR-TV
| CBS
| December 15, 2017
| Miami, FL
(MEA)
Alice Harte Charter Teacher Wins $25,000 Milken Educator Award
The Times-Picayune
| December 12, 2017
| New Orleans, LA
(MEA)
Columbus 5th-Graders Make, Sell Christmas Ornaments to Help Save African School
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
| December 09, 2017
| Columbus, GA
(MEA)
Davis Receives $25,000 Milken Educator Award
The Edmond Sun
| December 08, 2017
| Edmond, OK
(MEA)
Oklahoma Principal Recognized with Prestigious Award
KFOR-TV
| NBC
| December 07, 2017
| Oklahoma City, OK
(MEA)
Edgar Martin Math Teacher Wins National Award
KATC-TV
| ABC
| December 07, 2017
| Denham Springs, LA
(MEA)
WATCH --> Edgar Martin Teacher Wins $25,000 Educator Prize
Daily Advertiser
| USA Today Network
| December 07, 2017
| Lafayette, LA
(MEA)
Edmond North Principal Wins $25,000 Award
KOKH-TV
| FOX
| December 07, 2017
| Oklahoma City OK
(MEA)
WATCH --> Edgar Martin Teacher Recognized With Huge Education Award
KPEL-FM
| December 07, 2017
| Lafayette, LA
(MEA)
Winners Announced for Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition Idea Path
Penn Graduate School of Education
| December 05, 2017
| Philadelphia, PA
(Penn-GSE)
West High Teacher Wins Milken Award
Knox TN Today
| November 17, 2017
| Knoxville, TN
(MEA)
Knoxville Teacher One of Two in Tennessee to Win $25,000 Milken Educator Award
Knoxville News Sentinel
| November 17, 2017
| Knoxville, TN
(MEA)
WATCH --> Knox County Teacher Awarded $25K Grant
WATE-TV
| ABC
| November 17, 2017
| Knoxville, TN
(MEA)
Surprise! Millington Teacher Gifted $25,000 in Front of her Entire School
Commercial Appeal
| November 16, 2017
| Memphis, TN
(MEA)
Teachers in Millington and Knoxville Just Won the Oscar Awards of Education
Chalkbeat Tennessee
| November 16, 2017
| Memphis, TN
(MEA)
WATCH --> Mid-South Teacher Wins $25K National Award
WMC-TV
| NBC
| November 16, 2017
| Memphis, TN
(MEA)
Millington Teacher Receives Prestigious Milken Award
WATN-TV
| NBC
| November 16, 2017
| Memphis, TN
(MEA)
WATCH --> Great Richmond Teacher Surprised with $25,000 Award
WTVR-TV
| CBS
| November 15, 2017
| Richmond, VA
(MEA)
Richmond Middle School Teacher Surprised with $25,000 Educator Award
Richmond Times-Dispatch
| November 15, 2017
| Richmond, VA
(MEA)
Richmond Teacher Surprised with $25,000 Award
WWBT-TV
| NBC
| November 15, 2017
| Richmond, VA
(MEA)
LISTEN --> Richmond Middle School Teacher Awarded $25,000
WCVE-FM
| NPR
| November 15, 2017
| Richmond, VA
(MEA)
WATCH --> ‘It’s surreal’: Richmond Teacher Surprised with $25,000 Milken Educator Award
WRIC-TV
| ABC
| November 15, 2017
| Richmond, VA
(MEA)
LISTEN --> Colorado Issues - Lisa Rodgers, Winner of the “Oscar of Teaching”
Colorado Issues
| KNUS-AM
| November 12, 2017
| Aurora, CO
(MEA)
'David's Quilt' Is Made From New Jewish Music
The Jewish Journal
| November 03, 2017
| Los Angeles, CA
(MA)
WATCH: Award Winning Teacher Presented With $25,000 In Surprise Ceremony
KCNC-TV
| CBS
| November 01, 2017
| Denver, CO
(MEA)
Aurora News Weekly - Lisa Rodgers Receives Milken Educator Award
Aurora TV
| November 01, 2017
| Aurora, CO
(MEA)
Singing Science Teacher in Lawrence Wins National Award
Boston Globe
| November 01, 2017
| Boston, MA
(MEA)
Aurora Biology Teacher Wins National Education Award
Denver Patch
| October 31, 2017
| Denver, CO
(MEA)
Colorado Science Teacher Wins $25,000 Milken Award
The Denver Post
| October 31, 2017
| Denver, CO
(MEA)
Newark Teacher Tami Lunsford Surprised with $25,000 Award
The News Journal
| October 25, 2017
| New Castle, DE
(MEA)
LISTEN: Newark Charter Teacher Wins $25,000 National Award
WDDE-FM
| NPR
| October 25, 2017
| Dover, DE
(MEA)
Fox School District Teacher Wins $25,000 Milken Award
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
| October 19, 2017
| St. Louis, MO
(MEA)
WATCH: Junior High Master Teacher First in Slaton ISD to Receive $25,000 Milken Educator Award
KCBD-TV
| NBC
| October 18, 2017
| Lubbock, TX
(MEA)
WATCH: Arlington Teacher Receives 'Oscar of Education'
WFAA-TV
| ABC
| October 18, 2017
| Dallas, TX
(MEA)
Educators Go To Head of the Class: Four Women Win Prestigious Milken Family Foundation
Jewish Journal
| October 17, 2017
| Los Angeles, CA
(JEA)
WATCH: NYC Teacher Wins 'Oscars of Teaching' Award, $25,000
WNBC-TV
| NBC
| October 17, 2017
| New York, NY
(MEA)
WATCH: Buffalo Teacher Surprised with National Award
WGRZ-TV
| NBC
| October 16, 2017
| Buffalo, NY
(MEA)
Ayala Teacher Wins National Award, $25,000
Chino Hills Champion
| October 14, 2017
| Chino, CA
(MEA)
South Coast Teacher Receives National Honors, $25,000 Award
KCLU-FM
| NPR
| October 12, 2017
| Thousand Oaks, CA
(MEA)
Pacifica High School teacher Wins Prestigious $25,000 Milken Educator Award
Ventura County Star
| October 12, 2017
| Camarillo, CA
(MEA)
WATCH: Chino Hills Teacher Honored With $25K Milken Educator Award
KCBS-TV
| CBS
| October 11, 2017
| Los Angeles, CA
(MEA)
Ayala High Teacher Alexis King Wins $25k Award
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
| October 11, 2017
| Rancho Cucamonga, CA
(MEA)
WATCH: A Teacher Was Surprised With A $25,000 Award
KNBC-TV
| NBC
| October 11, 2017
| Los Angeles, CA
(MEA)
Local Teachers Each Win $15,000 Surprise
Park Labrea News/Beverly Press
| September 28, 2017
| Los Angeles, CA
(JEA)
Conference at UCLA Explores the Significance of American Jewish Music and its Reach
UCLA
| September 26, 2017
| Los Angeles, CA
(MA)
"Teach Us All" Documentary Explores Education Inequality
CBS This Morning
| CBS
| September 25, 2017
| New York, NY
(LMC)
Milken Center Celebrating 10th Anniversary
KODE-TV
| ABC
| September 15, 2017
| Joplin, MO
(LMC)
Begin the Season of Repentance on Your Own Time
Tablet Magazine
| September 06, 2017
| New York, NY
(MA)
Ava DuVernay's ARRAY Acquires Little Rock Crisis Documentary Teach Us All (Presented by the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes)
Paste Magazine
| August 16, 2017
| Decatur, GA
(LMC)
A Conversation with Lowell Milken:
The Line
| August 11, 2017
| Malvern, PA
Celebrating a Special Dog’s Life
The Fort Scott Tribune
| August 01, 2017
| Fort Scott, KS
(LMC)
Montebello Teen Named 2017 Milken Scholar, Earns Full Ride to Harvard
Whittier Daily News
| July 31, 2017
| Monrovia, CA
(MSP)
FDR Student Wins $10,000 Scholarship to NYU in Milken Scholars Program
Brooklyn Reporter
| July 26, 2017
| Brooklyn, NY
(MSP)
West Ranch Grad Named 2017 Milken Scholar
The Signal
| July 24, 2017
| Santa Clarita, CA
(MSP)
Mariko Rooks of Culver City Receives 10K College Scholarship
Culver City Observer
| July 20, 2017
| Culver City, CA
(MSP)
Moving & Shaking: Rebecca Schusterman Receives Milken Scholarship
The Jewish Journal
| July 19, 2017
| Los Angeles, CA
(MSP)
2017 Milken Scholars Announce 13 Exceptional Seniors from Los Angeles County High Schools
Westside Today
| July 14, 2017
| Santa Monica, CA
(MSP)
Milken Scholars awards 13 exceptional students
Our Weekly
| July 13, 2017
| Los Angeles, CA
(MSP)
Scholarly Seniors Receive College Scholarships and Lifelong Mentorship
Brooklyn Daily
| Courier Life Publications
| June 08, 2017
| Brooklyn, NY
(MSP)
Lowell Milken Family Foundation Makes $2 Million Gift to ArtCenter College of Design for Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography
Pasadena News Now
| June 02, 2017
| Pasadena, CA
(HMCT)
Muscogee County Teacher Awarded Fellowship by International Organization
The Ledger-Enquirer
| May 24, 2017
| Columbus. GA
(LMC)
UCLA Startup Wins $70,000 for Development of New Dental Braces System
Daily Bruin
| UCLA
| May 02, 2017
| Los Angeles, CA
(LMI)
Independence High Student Wins International Art Competition
The Tennessean
| April 14, 2017
| Nashville, TN
(LMC)
Indy Art Student’s Depiction of Japanese Internment Hero Wins International Award, $7,500
Williamson Herald
| April 13, 2017
| Franklin, TN
(LMC)
Bellflower Teacher Receives Milken Educator Award
Los Angeles Wave
| March 10, 2017
| Los Angeles, CA
(MEA)
Bellflower Kindergarten Teacher Stunned by $25,000 Education Award
The Downey Patriot
| March 07, 2017
| Downey, CA
(MEA)
Watch: Bellflower Teacher Honored With Surprise Award and $25,000
KABC-TV
| ABC
| March 05, 2017
| Los Angeles, CA
(MEA)
Watch How This Bellflower Teacher Reacts When She Gets Surprised With $25,000
KPCC-FM
| NPR
| March 03, 2017
| Pasadena, CA
(MEA)
La Pasión por la Enseñanza, Hizo Ganar a Profesora Latina Un Cheque de 25,000 Dólares
Hoy
| The Los Angeles Times
| March 03, 2017
| Los Angeles, CA
(MEA)
Making a Life-Long Impact in the Classroom
KKCO-TV
| NBC
| February 24, 2017
| Grand Junction, CO
(MEA)
A+ Teacher: Award-Winning Principal in the Valley
KPNX-TV
| NBC
| February 17, 2017
| Phoenix, AZ
(MEA)
Fruita Teacher Receives National Award
KEKB-FM
| February 15, 2017
| Grand Junction, CO
(MEA)
Laveen School Principal Surprised with $25,000 National Award
The Arizona Republic
| February 15, 2017
| Phoenix, AZ
(MEA)
West Valley Principal Wins National Education Award
KJZZ-FM
| NPR
| February 15, 2017
| Tempe, AZ
(MEA)
Watch: Local Teacher Receives National Award
KREX-TV
| CBS
| February 13, 2017
| Grand Junction, CO
(MEA)
Watch: Fruita Teacher Wins Prestigious Milken Educator Award
KKCO-TV
| NBC
| February 13, 2017
| Grand Junction, CO
(MEA)
Hawaii Teachers Win $25,000 Milken Educator Award
The Washington Times
| (Via AP)
| February 03, 2017
| Washington, D.C.
(MEA)
Momilani Elementary Teacher Masaru Uchino Receives Prestigious 2016-2017 Milken Educator Award
My PearlCity.com
| February 03, 2017
| Honolulu, HI
(MEA)
Listen - Milken Educator Award Winner: Masaru Uchino
KANO-FM
| NPR
| February 03, 2017
| Honolulu, HI
(MEA)
Watch: Two Hawaii Teachers Receive Prestigious Milken Educator Awards
KHON-TV
| FOX
| February 02, 2017
| Honolulu, HI
(MEA)
Watch: National Award Recognizes Pair of 'Exceptional' Hawaii Teachers
KGMB-TV
| CBS
| February 02, 2017
| Honolulu, HI
(MEA)
Listen: Interview with Allison Ruhl and Dr. Jane Foley
The Metro with Sarah Ulmer
| Supertalk Mississippi (WFMN-FM)
| January 19, 2017
| Jackson, MS
(MEA)
Watch: The Oscars of Teaching
Daytime
| National
| January 19, 2017
| Tampa, FL
(MEA)
Moving and Shaking: StandWithUs Gala, Milken Family Foundation Jewish Educator Awards and More
Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
| January 06, 2017
| Los Angeles, CA
(JEA)