Cent. Ind. teachers win education award

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Two Central Indiana teachers have received a prestigious award.

During an assembly Monday morning at North Central High School, the Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction announced English department chair Edward Coleman won the Milken award. Coleman received $25,000 as part of the award.

He said during the announcement that he thought one of his co-workers had won the award and was trying to figure out who it could have been.

"There are a lot of people. So I was going through the names of the people I work with, that I'm proud to work with, in my department and the school as a whole. Completely surprised by it, I had no idea this was coming at all," said Coleman.

Also caught off guard Monday was Gregory Lineweaver. He's an English/Humanities teacher at Herron High School.

A surprise assembly was called at Herron to announce that Lineweaver had also won the Milken award. He was also presented a big check for his hard work.