The following excerpt was take from the Chicago Tribune:

Dexter Chaney began his morning as usual.

After a breakfast of toast and fruit, he headed to work at the city’s Ryerson Elementary School, where he planned to jump-start his third-grade students after the holiday break. Part of the morning, he found out, was going to be taken up by an assembly. What he didn’t know was that he was the guest of honor. Chaney on Monday was awarded the Milken Family Foundation’s coveted Milken Educator Award, which comes with a $25,000 prize. He is one of 55 teachers to win the award this year and the only one from Illinois.

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