Lowell Milken, chairman and co-founder of the Milken Family Foundation, poses with students at Friendly House Academia del Pueblo Elementary Charter School in Phoenix, AZ, where their fifth-grade teacher Shalini Sharma was just presented with a 2014 Milken Educator Award. Sharma’s students have achieved significant gains in reading and math benchmark scores under her tutelage.
“Only when society demonstrates respect for educators will the brightest and most capable students choose it as their profession.” - Lowell Milken