Alumna Receives Prestigious Milken Educator Award and $25,000
January 26, 2018
January 26, 2018
AKRON, Ohio, Jan. 26 -- The University of Akron issued the following news release:
A University of Akron alumna who has donned bee, waitress and drill sergeant costumes as a teacher to help her students better comprehend mathematical ideas recently received the prestigious national Milken Educator Award and an unrestricted cash prize of $25,000.
Maria Rodgers was the only Ohioan to receive the award during the 2017-18 season and the first from Maple Heights City Schools . . .
A University of Akron alumna who has donned bee, waitress and drill sergeant costumes as a teacher to help her students better comprehend mathematical ideas recently received the prestigious national Milken Educator Award and an unrestricted cash prize of $25,000.
Maria Rodgers was the only Ohioan to receive the award during the 2017-18 season and the first from Maple Heights City Schools . . .