Owensboro Teacher Given Milken Award

WKMS | By The Associated Press,

Whitney Jones

Published December 31, 2012 at 9:17 AM CST

An Owensboro teacher has received a the Milken Award, which honors exceptional educators with a $25,000 gift. Cravens Elementary School teacher Ryan Williams was one of 40 people across the nations to be bestowed with the honor. Williams is a native of Henderson and began teaching in the Owensboro public school system in 1999 after graduating from Western Kentucky University. He taught first grade for 11 years, then moved to third grade. Now he is on temporary assignment as curriculum facilitator at Estes Elementary School.

More information about the Milken Award can be found here.

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Whitney grew up listening to Car Talk to and from her family’s beach vacation each year, but it wasn’t until a friend introduced her to This American Life that radio really grabbed her attention. She is a recent graduate from Union University in Jackson, Tenn., where she studied journalism. When she’s not at WKMS, you can find her working on her backyard compost pile and garden, getting lost on her bicycle or crocheting one massive blanket.

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