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About Lowell Milken
A visionary in education reform, Lowell Milken created the TAP system in 1999 to attract, develop, motivate and retain the highly effective educators that all students deserve.
In 2005, Lowell Milken established the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching to manage and support TAP's effectiveness, growth and sustainability.
The demand for TAP's multi-tiered system of career advancement, support, evaluation and compensation has spurred broad-based support and expansion in urban, rural and suburban communities across the U.S.
In turn, this comprehensive system has dramatically increased student achievement: the ultimate goal.
TAP in Focus
Gates Findings Substantiate NIET’s Building Blocks for Meaningful Teacher EvaluationsJanuary 20, 2012
Education Week Webinar: Deepening and Strengthening Teacher Education
December 09, 2011
2011 TAP Summer Institute: Systematically Strengthening TAP Implementation
July 11, 2011
Surprise TAP Awards Presented for Commitment to Reform System
March 12, 2011
Ben Milam Elementary, Bryan, TX, Receives $50,000 TAP Founder's Award
March 11, 2011
Algiers Charter Schools Assoc. Celebrates Three Years of Student Growth
December 02, 2010
Report Highlights Strategies for Making Performance Pay Work
November 15, 2010
Introducing the TAP System Training Portal!
September 20, 2010
TAP in the News
Rising Above the FloodwatersJSD (Learning Forward)
(Dallas, TX)
December 2011
Union-District Collaboration a Never-Ending Process
Education Week (Subscription-Only)
(Bethesda, MD)
November 16, 2011
Bryan school awarded $50K for gains
The Eagle
(Bryan, College Station, TX)
March 14, 2011
Teacher pay program provides results
Knoxville News Sentinel
February 26, 2011
Editorial: Incentives should be part of school reform
Knoxville News Sentinel
(Knoxville, TN)
February 08, 2011
TAP: More Than Performance Pay
Education Week
April 1, 2009
A Message from Chairman and Founder
Lowell Milken
Through interacting with thousands of teachers in classrooms across America and collaborating with experts in education, business, research and policy, I firmly believe — and our work confirms — that comprehensive reform with a human capital focus can provide a quality educational opportunity that all children need and deserve.