Subsequently, many observers were surprised when Oklahoma ranked near the bottom of applicants in a recent competition of states seeking federal grant money to fund early learning efforts. On Dec. 16, the U.S. Department of Education announced the winners of the third round of Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge. Oklahoma failed to make […]
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Getting schooled
Subsequently, many observers were surprised when Oklahoma ranked near the bottom of applicants in a recent competition of states seeking federal grant money to fund early learning efforts. On Dec. 16, the U.S. Department of Education announced the winners of the third round of Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge. Oklahoma failed to make […]
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Right-hand man
Joel Robison, who served as the Oklahoma Education Association’s lobbyist and associate executive director, succeeds former Chief of Staff Jennifer Carter, who decided not to return from maternity leave. Robison (pictured), a native of western Oklahoma, was an elementary school teacher in Oklahoma City before becoming an elected official with the state chapter of the […]
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Right-hand man
Joel Robison, who served as the Oklahoma Education Association’s lobbyist and associate executive director, succeeds former Chief of Staff Jennifer Carter, who decided not to return from maternity leave. Robison (pictured), a native of western Oklahoma, was an elementary school teacher in Oklahoma City before becoming an elected official with the state chapter of the […]
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Gerry Bonds invites you into ‘The Living Room’
Bonds, who anchored the nightly news broadcast on OETA for 14 years, hopes to bring intellectually stimulating conversations to the round table as she talks to Janet Barresi, state superintendent of public instruction, and two representatives from Teach for America about the state of education. “On a personal level, it’s the intellectual stimulation and the […]
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Tweet and sour
Take, for instance, recent comments via Twitter from State Superintendent Janet Barresi’s chief of staff Jennifer Carter (that’s the same Jennifer Carter who, earlier this year, was unable to get confirmed to the spot at a raucous State Board of Education meeting). The tweet was in reference to Union and Jenks school officials who brought […]
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Down on Quigley
Quigley decries at great length Barresi’s lack of experience as a classroom teacher, saying that she therefore treats teachers with disrespect. He concludes with the assertion that “education in Oklahoma will continue to fail until administrators such as Barresi start respecting, talking to and consulting with the teachers.” This is very odd. Quigley’s analysis implies […]
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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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‘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 […]