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Article updated: 11/9/2011 5:13 PM

Hersey teacher floored by national award, $25,000 prize

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Hersey High School teacher Bradley Abel is congratulated by Michael Milken after be announced as a winner of the Milken Educator Award, dubbed the “Oscars of Teaching.”

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

Hersey High School teacher Bradley Abel, center, reacts to being named the only Illinois recipient of the Milken Educator Award recipient at a special assembly Wednesday morning. The honor was a complete surprise to Abel.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

Hersey High School teacher Bradley Abel, center, reacts to being named the only Illinois recipient of the Milken Educator Award recipient at a special assembly Wednesday morning. The honor was a complete surprise to Abel.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

Hersey High School teacher Bradley Abel speaks to students and colleagues Wednesday morning after being named the only Illinois recipient of the Milken Educator Award, dubbed by some as the “Oscars of Teaching.”

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com Hersey High School teacher Bradley Abel is congratulated by Michael Milken after receiving the Milken Educator Award. Abel was the only Illinois teacher this year to earn the award, dubbed the “Oscars of Teaching.”

Hersey High School teacher Bradley Abel, center, reacts to being named the only Illinois recipient of the Milken Educator Award recipient at a special assembly Wednesday morning. The honor was a complete surprise to Abel.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

Hersey High School teacher Bradley Abel, left, is congratulated by James W. Baumann, right, of the Illinois State Board of Education, after receiving the prestigious Milken Educator Award.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

Hersey High School teacher Bradley Abel speaks with Michael Milken, left, at a reception after receiving the prestigious Milken Educator Award. Abel was the only teacher in Illinois to receive the honor this year.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

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Rumors of an appearance by Oprah Winfrey or the cast of the "Twilight" movies at a Hersey High School assembly Wednesday turned out of be untrue. But the assembly's real purpose was nearly as exciting for teacher Bradley Abel, who was surprised with the prestigious 2011 National Educator Award from the Milken Family Foundation, a prize dubbed the “Oscars of Teaching.”