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Surprise, Michelle Wolfe! You're the First Milken Award Recipient of the Year

 

 

The teacher who is about to receive the Milken Educator Award also gets a cash prize. How much? One digit at a time, students spell out the amount. When West Virginia State Superintendent of Schools W. Clayton Burch holds up the final zero, the room starts to buzz: That's $25,000!