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The Milken Family Foundation is a private foundation established by [[Lowell Milken]] and [[Michael Milken]] in 1982. Lowell Milken serves as chairman and co-founder of the foundation. |
The Milken Family Foundation is a private foundation established by [[Lowell Milken]] and [[Michael Milken]] in 1982. Lowell Milken serves as chairman and co-founder of the foundation. |
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The foundation is focused primarily on supporting education and medical research. |
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Among the foundation's initiatives are: |
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*The Milken Educator Awards, a teacher recognition program awarding $25,000 to individual educators for teaching excellence; |
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*TAP: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement, a comprehensive school reform incorporating career advancement, collaborative professional development, teacher accountability and performance-based compensation; |
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*[[Milken Archive of Jewish Music]], a cultural and historic project dedicated to preserving the diverse body of sacred and secular music inspired by 350 years of Jewish life in America; |
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*The Lowell Milken Center, an institution dedicated to the development of educational projects that feature unsung heroes as role models to 'repair the world.' Howard Cohen, Chancellor of Purdue University/Calumet, said about the LM Center: “History is not history until it is written or told. This is what you are doing so well with your unsung hero projects.” |
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[[Image:wiki forum2010.jpg|thumb|300px|2010 Milken Educator Award winners receive their awards at the Educator Forum]] |
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The Milken Educator Awards has created a network of more than 2,400 teachers who have served as resources to policymakers, researchers, the media and general public on their subject areas. |
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The TAP system was profiled in ''Education Week'' for its comprehensive approach to school reform.<ref> [http://www.tapsystem.org/pubs/edweek_tap_040109.pdf TAP: More Than Performance Pay]</ref> The [[Center for American Progress]] released "Aligned by Design," a report by education researcher Craig Jerald that elaborated on this concept to specifically show how TAP's elements work together.<ref>[http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/07/pdf/teacher_alignment.pdf "Aligned by Design,"]</ref> South Carolina TAP was featured in ''TIME Magazine's'' February 2008 cover story.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Wallis|first=Claudia|title=How to Make Great Teachers|journal=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1713473,00.html|date=February 13, 2008|accessdate=February 15, 2013}}</ref> In 2006, ''BusinessWeek'' ranked TAP on its Top 10 List of Best Practices.<ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_26/b3990014.htm Top 10 List of Best Practices]</ref> |
The TAP system was profiled in ''Education Week'' for its comprehensive approach to school reform.<ref> [http://www.tapsystem.org/pubs/edweek_tap_040109.pdf TAP: More Than Performance Pay]</ref> The [[Center for American Progress]] released "Aligned by Design," a report by education researcher Craig Jerald that elaborated on this concept to specifically show how TAP's elements work together.<ref>[http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/07/pdf/teacher_alignment.pdf "Aligned by Design,"]</ref> South Carolina TAP was featured in ''TIME Magazine's'' February 2008 cover story.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Wallis|first=Claudia|title=How to Make Great Teachers|journal=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1713473,00.html|date=February 13, 2008|accessdate=February 15, 2013}}</ref> In 2006, ''BusinessWeek'' ranked TAP on its Top 10 List of Best Practices.<ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_26/b3990014.htm Top 10 List of Best Practices]</ref> |
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| Abbreviation | MFF |
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| Formation | 1982 |
| Type | Private foundation |
| Purpose | education and medical research |
| Headquarters | Santa Monica, California |
| Coordinates | 34°01′04″N 118°29′49″W / 34.0177631°N 118.4969884°W |
Region served | Global |
Official language | English |
Chairman & Co-Founder | Lowell Milken |
Co-Founder | Michael Milken |
Executive Vice President | Richard Sandler |
Key people | Lawrence Lesser, Jane Foley, Ralph Finerman, Bonnie Somers, Susan M. Fox, Joni Milken-Noah, Gary Panas |
Main organ | Board of Trustees |
| Website | www.mff.org |
The Milken Family Foundation is a private foundation established by Lowell Milken and Michael Milken in 1982. Lowell Milken serves as chairman and co-founder of the foundation.
The TAP system was profiled in Education Week for its comprehensive approach to school reform.[1] The Center for American Progress released "Aligned by Design," a report by education researcher Craig Jerald that elaborated on this concept to specifically show how TAP's elements work together.[2] South Carolina TAP was featured in TIME Magazine's February 2008 cover story.[3] In 2006, BusinessWeek ranked TAP on its Top 10 List of Best Practices.[4]
TAP's operating organization, the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching collaborates with other national education groups on teacher effectiveness issues. More than ten organizations co-wrote Creating a Successful Performance Compensation System for Educators, which lays out the essentials for an effective, comprehensive reform system.[5]
See also
References
- ^ TAP: More Than Performance Pay
- ^ "Aligned by Design,"
- ^ Wallis, Claudia (February 13, 2008). "How to Make Great Teachers". Time. Retrieved February 15, 2013.
- ^ Top 10 List of Best Practices
- ^ Creating a Successful Performance Compensation System for Educators
External links
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