Science teacher Tamarah Danzy and principal Aubrey Flowers have received the national Milken Educator Award.

Milken Educator Awards Senior Program Director Greg Gallagher and state officials presented the prestigious awards, each of which comes with $25,000.

Danzy teaches science at the Union Eighth Grade Center in Broken Arrow, within the Union Public Schools district. She has been teaching for 14 years, serves as science department chair and coaches the varsity cheerleading squad.

Danzy regularly incorporates reading, writing and technology skills into her science lessons and is known for boosting learning and engagement by offering student choice.

Flowers got the award in front of more than 400 elementary students. Flowers has been the principal of Council Oak Elementary School in Tulsa Public Schools for the last five years.

Flowers is known for her leadership in curriculum development and for fostering innovation within her faculty.

Flowers, who is working on her doctorate at the University of Oklahoma, has served as president of the Tulsa Elementary Principal Association. She regularly works with community partners to bring resources to her school and uses test data and flexible small grouping to increase academic growth among students.

In addition to the $25,000 cash prize, the honor includes membership in the National Milken Educator Network, a group of more than 2,800 top teachers, principals and specialists dedicated to strengthening education. Flowers and Danzy will attend a Milken Educator Forum this summer in Santa Monica, Calif., where Milken Educators will network with their new colleagues and exchange ideas with state and federal leaders on the future of education.

The Milken Educator Awards, hailed by Teacher magazine as the “Oscars of Teaching,” has been awarded for over 30 years.