close
initiatives
Aaron Milken Center
Milken Educator Awards
Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography (HMCT)
Milken Archive of American Jewish Music
Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes
The Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy
The National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET)
Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience
Lowell Milken Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofits
initiative -
NIET

The National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET) is an independent public charity that supports and manages the TAP system nationwide. NIET’s record of raising student achievement and closing achievement gaps in high-need schools is widely recognized as the longest-standing, most proven means to improve teacher effectiveness and student achievement within individual classrooms, schools and districts across the nation. 

more
initiative -
MEA
Milken Educator Awards

Conceived and created by Lowell Milken, the Milken Educator Awards (MEA) is the nation’s preeminent teacher recognition program. Over 2,800 exemplary teachers, principals and specialists have been surprised with individual, unrestricted $25,000 prizes since 1987, totaling over $70 million.

more
- about
“In every endeavor,
people make the
difference, and
just one person has
the power to make a
profound difference
in the lives of so many
people.”
Founder, Lowell Milken

The LMFF pursues this mission through education programs that are both groundbreaking and comprehensive. By fostering and inspiring excellence, creativity and responsibility within the formal education environment and beyond, LMFF seeks to equip people to pursue and attain lives that have value to themselves as well as to others.

more
news - recent