Cynthia Carroll knows well that Texas isn't the only place to find big things; so are the Milken family pockets if you happen to be acknowledged as one of the nation's top educators, and Ms. Cynthia received such a $25,000 distinction in 2007. On a Tuesday afternoon in October, before a packed school gymnasium of Bowie high students, the Governor and the Milken family, Cynthia Carroll received an oversized check in the typical Milken style. A high school math teacher and Bowie's 2007 Teacher of the Year; Cynthia Carroll is also the math department chair. These are honors and positions she well deserves; nearly all (97-100%) of her students are passing the Texas state math tests and math exit exams. It makes sense why the Texas State Department of Education would nominate Cynthia Carroll for a Milken award. In the age of NCLB (No Child Left Behind) and the specter of assessment and accountability linked to federal funding hovering over school budgets, Ms. Cynthia is a great investment. (Sorry about the "Marxist" commodification of your labor, Cynthia, but isn't NCLB grounded in a five-star capitalist concept of cost-effective, a.k.a. "affordable", education? Hope I'm not offending anyone in Texas, Ms. Spellings excluded.)
Cynthia Carroll knows well that Texas isn't the only place to find big things; so are the Milken family pockets if you happen to be acknowledged as one of the nation's top educators, and Ms. Cynthia received such a $25,000 distinction in 2007. On a Tuesday afternoon in October, before a packed school gymnasium of Bowie high students, the Governor and the Milken family, Cynthia Carroll received an oversized check in the typical Milken style. A high school math teacher and Bowie's 2007 Teacher of the Year; Cynthia Carroll is also the math department chair. These are honors and positions she well deserves; nearly all (97-100%) of her students are passing the Texas state math tests and math exit exams. It makes sense why the Texas State Department of Education would nominate Cynthia Carroll for a Milken award. In the age of NCLB (No Child Left Behind) and the specter of assessment and accountability linked to federal funding hovering over school budgets, Ms. Cynthia is a great investment. (Sorry about the "Marxist" commodification of your labor, Cynthia, but isn't NCLB grounded in a five-star capitalist concept of cost-effective, a.k.a. "affordable", education? Hope I'm not offending anyone in Texas, Ms. Spellings excluded.)