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AZ Milken Educators Welcome Jessica Zimmerman

 

 

The Milken Educator Award includes an unrestricted cash prize that recipients may use however they choose. But how much? One digit at a time, students hold up cards representing the amount. When Pilar Holtrop, director of the West team for the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, brings in a third zero, the room starts to buzz: That makes $25,000!