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Claire Furukawa (HI '91) was an English teacher for 31 years, and in her career, through her vision and persistence, she was able to convince stakeholders of the benefits of heterogeneous grouping and cooperative learning. At the time of her Award, she was a high school English teacher at Kalani High School in Honolulu.
In addition to receiving the Milken Award, she was honored as Honolulu’s District Teacher of the Year and Outstanding Secondary Educator of America.
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