The only people who develop human potential and character as a calling are educators. This puts the men and women who become teachers and principals — in a position of unique power for helping to secure the future.
Making an Impact
Creating opportunities for people and communities to achieve excellence has been Lowell Milken's lifelong pursuit. At the crux of that pursuit and passion has been education reform. Through his business ventures and philanthropic efforts, Lowell has provided thousands of students with high-quality teachers, thousands of talented teachers with powerful opportunities for recognition, career advancement and professional growth, and hundreds of organizations with the ideas and resources they need to make a difference in the world.
Named by Worth Magazine as one of American's most generous philanthropists, Lowell has developed several groundbreaking and national initiatives to reform American K-12 education, including the country's most preeminent teacher-recognition program, the Milken Educator Awards, and the country's longest standing, multi-state and most successful effort to create teacher evaluation and performance-based teacher and principal compensation systems, TAP: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement. Lowell is also an education and community-building entrepreneur, founding and leading several international corporations, including the largest early childhood education company in the world, Knowledge Universe.
Professor at Vanderbilt University Law School and formerly a senior transactional partner and now "of counsel" in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Andrew M. Kaufman has been appointed executive director of the Lowell Milken Institute.
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Lowell Milken delivers the Keynote Address on March 9th, 2012, at the National TAP Conference in Century City, CA: "Developing and nurturing the talent of teachers offer real promise to enable every child in our country to receive a high-quality education."
Video Spotlight
Think About This brings comprehensive research and data from years of analysis and classroom experience to bear on the challenges facing American Education.
Watch how unsuspecting teachers and principals are honored in front of cheering students, colleagues and dignitaries with what Teacher Magazine hails as the "Oscars of teaching."
Learn how the Lowell Milken Center discovers, develops and communicates the stories of unsung heroes who have made a profound and positive difference on the course of history.
A Message from Lowell
Education Challenges We Face as a Nation
As I travel around the country presenting Milken Educator Awards to outstanding K-12 educators and working with the comprehensive school reform TAP: The System for Student and Teacher Advancement, people of all ages and walks of life ask me about the state of American K-12 education. Here is a brief video to crystallize the challenges we face in our country to improve student performance and teacher effectiveness.
In The News
Milken Award-winning teacher changes lives despite lack of resources
May 08, 2012
CNN
Jonesboro, GA
Batchelor Middle School teacher wins Lowell Milken Center fellowship
May 07, 2012
Chicago Tribune
Chicago, IL
Lowell Milken Center awarded Westar grant
April 26, 2012
Fort Scott Tribune
Fort Scott, KS
