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Derek Tharp Joins AR Milken Educators

 

 

Derek Tharp call his mom to tell her the good news: he's just won a Milken Educator Award and $25,000! Tharp comes from a family of educators and was inspired by his mom to become a teacher. "I want to thank you because I wouldn't be who I am if it weren't for you," he says. "If I can be half the teacher that you were and still are to me, then I'm going to do great things."