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June 16, 2011 at 9:00 PM UTC

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This article is part of the June 20, 2011 issue of businessweek.

MILKEN'S SCHOOLWORK
The article "A Virtual Education" (Features, June 6- June 12) ascribes positions to me that are the antithesis of my work in education over nearly 40 years. By inventing these views, you have trivialized a complex, vitally important subject that America has been struggling with since the National Commission on Excellence in Education published in 1983. Anyone who wants to know my real thoughts about education can read them at www.wheressputnik.com, where I propose six strategies for national renewal including education reform.

I've taught in public school classrooms regularly since the 1970s. Soon after establishing the Milken Family Foundation in 1982, my brother and I created the largest educator recognition program in the nation. Separately, more than 1 million children have benefited from our philanthropic programs.