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Milken Educator Award

Early intervention as a child was key for Kentucky Milken Educator Award winner Buskill

With Charlotte Buskill's mother, grandmother and two sisters all educators, she felt she was destined to join the “family business.” “My whole younger childhood was filled with the love of being in a school building,” she said. Now in her sixth year as an educator, Buskill has been at Newton Parrish Elementary School (Owensboro Independent) since 2016. Her ability to ensure the success of every student was recognized by the Milken Family Foundation, which honored her as a Milken Educator Award winner in a surprise ceremony on Nov. 10 at the school.

By |2022-12-05T12:09:01-05:00December 5, 2022|

Kentucky Milken Award winner makes school ‘a place kids want to go’

Jessica Goodman thought Farmer Elementary’s (Jefferson County) first school-wide assembly in two years was for special guests to learn and celebrate Farmer’s literacy efforts. Instead, the assembly, which included special guests Kentucky Commissioner of Education Jason E. Glass and Gov. Andy Beshear, was for her. 

By |2022-05-12T11:16:58-04:00May 12, 2022|

Jefferson County’s Jessica Goodman receives $25,000 Milken Award

Jessica Goodman, a kindergarten through 5th grade Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) teacher at Farmer Elementary School (Jefferson County), was celebrated on April 22 as the latest Kentucky educator to receive the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award.

By |2022-04-25T12:52:53-04:00April 22, 2022|

Franklin County’s Angie Beavin receives $25,000 Milken Educator Award

Fifth-grade teacher Angie Beavin knows how to meet the needs of her students at Peaks Mill Elementary (Franklin County), and it all starts with reading. As the saying goes, reading is fundamental, but in the contemporary classroom you could add that data helps get the job done.

By |2019-02-11T13:14:57-05:00February 11, 2019|

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