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.
The National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET) today surprised two districts and six schools with recognition awards for their commitment to TAP: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement.
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Featured Photos
Lowell Milken Moderates the 2013 TAP Conference Panel: State Education Reform and the Role of Teacher Effectiveness
Video Spotlight
2013 Global Conference panel "The International Quest for Effective Education Reform."
Video profile of North DeSoto Middle School, recipient of the 2013 Lowell Milken TAP Founder's Award.
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
Taking Resources from Students and Giving them to Administrators
April 11, 2013
Lakeville Journal
Falls Village, CT
NDMS Receives National TAP Award
March 08, 2013
Shreveport Times
Washington D.C.
School Surprises Teacher with 'Oscar of Teaching' Milken Educator Award
January 18, 2013
ABC 7 News
Los Angeles, CA
