GlobalScholar would like to congratulate this year’s winners of the National Educator Award presented by the Milken Family Foundation. Ronelle Robinson and Cheryl Watkins were each awarded $25,000 for their excellence in education.

Ronelle Robinson is a third grade teacher at Cameron Elementary School in Chicago, IL. She had no idea she was up for the award and went into complete shock when her name was announced.

Ronelle has been teaching at Cameron for 18 years and is truly loved by her students and their parents. Cameron’s principal, David Kovach, said that Ronelle annually receives a high volume of parent requests to enroll their children in her class. Additionally, she consistently displays the most improvement across the whole school in her students each year.

Cheryl Watkins has been the principal at John J. Pershing West Magnet School in Chicago, IL since 2005. Cheryl is said to continuously inspire excellence among her students and teachers and promotes a balanced literacy and inquiry-based approach to inspire critical thinking within her school’s curriculum.

In Cheryl’s school, she has created a wealth of enrichment programs, including African dance and poetry reading, Championship winning ballroom dancing and an archery program. Additionally, she has reduced school bullying by helping students produce a video on the subject.

Ronelle and Cheryl were among 80 educators nationwide to receive a visit from Milken this fall.

To read more about the Milken Family Foundation, the Milken Educator Awards or to learn how to nominate your favorite educator, check out their web site here.

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