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October 13, 2009
Interview: Lowell Milken on the Milken Awards, TAP and the Impact on K-12 Education
In an interview with John Merrow, national education correspondent for PBS's The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Lowell Milken discusses the impact of his work, spanning three decades, improving American K-12 education. Primary focus is given to the Milken Educator Awards, which Lowell created in 1985 to recognize talented teachers, and TAP: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement, which he established to generate teaching excellence and institutionally change the K-12 educational system. Visit http://learningmatters.tv/blog/op-ed/interview-lowell-milken-25000-for-exceptional-teachers/3086/ for the interview.
Peter Allen, Career Teacher, Algiers Technology Academy, New Orleans, Louisiana
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