Here’s their solution: “OCPA has recommended that the Regents for Higher Education’s budget be reduced $250 million” (“Countdown to the budget deal: Who’s irresponsible now?,” May 11). The “empirical evidence shows that state appropriations for higher education neither positively affect economic growth nor lead to a higher percentage of collegeeducated citizens. … In other words, […]
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Urban instruction
As part of the MAPS for Kids program approved by voters in 2001, plans were laid for the Oklahoma City Public Schools to receive 70 new and renovated brickand-mortar school buildings in the district at a cost of $470 million. As the project nears its end, MAPS for Kids Program Manager Eric Wenger said the […]
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Counterpoint: GOP undermines funding
In an ideal world, tuition-free, public college education, well-funded by the government, would be the best way to create a more educated, informed citizenry. College-educated people lead healthier lives and make this country and state more prosperous through innovation and creativity. Investing in higher education is paramount for any state that wants to thrive by […]
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‘The new normal’
Wronowski, who holds a master’s degree in education and was a research scientist prior to becoming a teacher, said the process was as challenging as getting her master’s degree. The teacher training program, recognized as one of the best and most rigorous in the nation, takes an average of about 200 hours to complete, and […]
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‘Respecting teachers’
Like most people with little or no experience in the classroom, regardless of their position or intention, she obviously works on the basic belief that the enemies to education are the very people in the rooms with the students, the teachers, and that the only people interested in students are the administrators, who are employed […]
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Super intentions
“It is so very exciting. It is fast-paced. This is a 24/7 job. There is not downtime,” Barresi said. “This is so incredibly rewarding and so exciting to have the opportunity to be of service to my state and to the children of the state to truly reform education and to bring effective instruction.” In […]
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Planting seeds
About 85 percent of a child’s brain architecture is developed by age 3, but less than 4 percent of education dollars are typically spent on children at that time, according to Oklahoma Champions for Early Opportunities, a new coalition of Oklahoma business and community leaders. That means increased emphasis on early childhood education is key […]
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Future investments
Bailey is not a professional money manager or an economist. He is a personal finance teacher at Weatherford High School. His students were not necessarily rich. They were typical teenagers. “They took a pretty solid hit,” Bailey said. “The stock market dropped and kind of opened their eyes a bit.” Bailey participates in a program […]
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‘Got it going on’
Bush served as governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007, and currently serves as chairman for the Foundation for Excellence in Education. Gov. Mary Fallin praised Bush for his work on reforming education in Florida, and for his conservative philosophy and governing style. “Gov. Bush truly is a man who believes in the limited government […]
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State of flux
The February meeting was more cordial than the previous meeting, in which state Superintendent Janet Barresi locked horns with board members. Former state Sen. Herb Rozell, the member state Republicans demanded resign following comments about one of Barresi’s legislative liaison appointments, was absent from the meeting. Tim Gilpin, who in the previous meeting told Barresi […]