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Milken Family Foundation National Educator Awards
 FORT SMITH, OCT. 10, 2008 — Second-grade teacher Elizabeth Parker was greeted with cheers when she was honored as 2008 Milken Family Foundation National Educator during a surprise assembly at Cavanaugh Elementary School this morning. As part of the award, Parker received an unrestricted financial prize of $25,000.
Parker, recognized by supervisors and colleagues as an outstanding literacy educator, has been a teacher since 1995. "Beth is a teacher leader who constantly researches best teaching practices to better help her students achieve academic success in her classroom and to assist fellow teachers with curriculum and instructional questions," Cavanaugh principal Hank Needham wrote in nominating Parker for the award.
Read the complete press release. - PDF Oct. 10, 2008
 RUSSELLVILLE, OCT. 17, 2008 — Principal Sheri Shirley was greeted with cheers when she was honored as a 2008 Milken Family Foundation National Educator during a surprise assembly at Oakland Heights Elementary School this morning. As part of the award, Parker received an unrestricted financial prize of $25,000.
 Shirley has led Oakland Heights students to unprecedented levels of achievement, despite the challenges many of them face. Her success at the school was highlighted in “It’s Being Done: Academic Success in Unexpected Schools” by Karin Chenoweth. “She not only impacts the lives of her students and staff but also reaches out into the community. She works with students’ families to make sure they have the resources they need…and goes the extra mile to cross language barriers,” Russellville superintendent Randall Williams wrote when nominating Shirley for the award.
Read the complete press release. - PDF Oct. 10, 2008
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