Los Angeles teacher celebrated after winning the National Milken Educator Award

Los Angeles teacher Ellen Dooley has been named one of this year’s national Milken Educator Award recipients, earning one of the nation’s highest honors in education, it was announced on Tuesday. As students and colleagues cheered, Dooley accepted her award and its accompanying unrestricted $25,000 cash prize.

The social science teacher has classes from sixth through 12th graders at Milken Community School in Los Angeles, including modern world/Jewish history, U.S. history, and art history.