Milken Family Foundation Chairman and Co-Founder Lowell Milken looks on as fourth-grade math teacher Erica Stephens thanks her colleagues and students for making her job at John P. Freeman Optional School so rewarding after the announcement that she is the recipient for the Milken Educator Award. "Continue to work hard, and rewards will come your way," she tells her students.
“Only when society demonstrates respect for educators will the brightest and most capable students choose it as their profession.” - Lowell Milken