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Kindergarten Teacher Hailey Couch Wins OK Milken Award

It's National Bullying Prevention Month, and Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister is visiting Madison Elementary to congratulate the school on its culture of kindness. But there's more to the event, which becomes clear when Milken Family Foundation Chairman and Co-Founder Lowell Milken names kindergarten teacher Hailey Couch the winner of Oklahoma's 2018-19 Milken Educator and $25,000. Follow the outstanding teacher's career-changing day in the photos below.