Unsuspecting that she would soon be the center of attention, Anna Attebury, a first-grade teacher at White Pine Elementary School, sat alongside her students at a Wednesday morning assembly waiting for another teacher’s name to be called as the winner of the Milken Educator Award.

Whether you need to teach a second-grader how to read or to lead soldiers in transporting equipment across international borders, John Murdoch has the skills to get the job done.

BOISE — On Tuesday morning, fourth and fifth graders at Cecil D. Andrus Elementary filed into the gym for P.E. class — and to break a world record.