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Common Core offers a common vision

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.oklahoman.com (Views: 47, Clicks: 5)
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Keith Ballard -- School is more than learning your ABCs and how to solve equations. We know that learning how to think critically, work cooperatively and solve problems creatively are among the most important skills children need to be productive in a competitive global economy.

1 comments | Tags: keith ballard common core state standards controversy | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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TPS bonds matter to students

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 24, Clicks: 4)
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Tulsa voters Tuesday proved their stalwart support of 42,000 students by passing a much-needed $38 million safety and technology bond issue by 67.4 percent. That's the good news. The bad news is that only 13,632 voters eligible voters bothered to show up at the polls.

1 comments | Tags: tulsa public schools keith ballard school bond issue tech readiness ipads | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Tulsans approve Tulsa Public Schools' $38 million hi-tech bond issue

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 21, Clicks: 6)
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Voters in the Tulsa Public Schools district overwhelmingly approved a $38 million bond issue Tuesday that will provide teachers with modern instructional technology and students with up-to-date computers.

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State leaders react to new education budget deal

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 30, Clicks: 4)
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Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Keith Ballard and House Majority Leader Fred Jordan were among the local leaders who reacted to the state's new budget deal at a Thursday afternoon event.

0 comments | Tags: oklahoma school funding keith ballard mary fallin fred jordan | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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State lawmakers question validity of new testing program in public schools

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 57, Clicks: 4)
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Tulsa Superintendent Keith Ballard and a growing number of state lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are now calling into question the validity of the 2012-13 Oklahoma testing program for public school students. Oklahoma is one of multiple states affected by a rash of technical problems with CTB/McGraw-Hill's online testing system.

2 comments | Tags: oklahoma ctb/mcgraw-hill state testing tech readiness keith ballard | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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$38 million technology bond issue would add more iPads, teaching tools to TPS classrooms

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 33, Clicks: 4)
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Angela Bagby's students in the autism classroom at Marshall Elementary School can't verbalize the answers to a spelling test or hold a pencil for more than a few minutes at a time because of sensory issues.

1 comments | Tags: tulsa public schools keith ballard school bond issue tech readiness ipads | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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TPS donor funding to increase next year

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 29, Clicks: 4)
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Funding from community donors for reform projects in Tulsa Public Schools is expected to double to more than $8 million over the next year.

0 comments | Tags: tulsa public schools keith ballard community involvement school funding teacher and leader effectiveness project | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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TPS superintendent wants planning year for EdLabs partnership proposal

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 42, Clicks: 4)
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Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Keith Ballard said he is recommending a planning year with Harvard's EdLabs to assess whether the district wants to enter a school-turnaround partnership with the group in 2014-15.

2 comments | Tags: harvard university edlabs keith ballard tulsa public schools roland g. fryer | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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McLain-Harvard EdLabs partnership met with skepticism

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 35, Clicks: 3)
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Tulsa Public Schools officials were met with skepticism Monday night when they took a proposal for a school-turnaround partnership with a Harvard University-based education research and development laboratory to McLain Junior High and High School.

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TPS wants to partner with Harvard-based lab to improve schools

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 72, Clicks: 7)
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Some 3,200 students at McLain High School for Science and Technology and seven other schools in north Tulsa could soon have longer school days and an army of tutors to assist them.

2 comments | Tags: roland g. fryer edlabs keith ballard tulsa public schools harvard university | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Tulsa school board hears from EdLabs official about school-turnaround efforts

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 55, Clicks: 6)
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The Tulsa school board held a special meeting Thursday with a noted Harvard economist who is engaged in school-turnaround efforts in Houston and Denver.

2 comments | Tags: keith ballard turnaround schools tulsa public schools edlabs roland g. fryer | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Sports groups wonder where TPS facility rental fees went

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 30, Clicks: 4)
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Organizers of youth and adult sports groups say they have paid thousands of dollars in recent years to play and practice at Tulsa Public Schools athletic facilities, but an administrative shake-up followed by a year-long FBI investigation has left them wondering where their money went.

2 comments | Tags: tulsa public schools keith ballard open records act stephanie spring emails | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Emails reveal details of TPS athletics probe

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 47, Clicks: 5)
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Emails obtained through an Open Records Act request reveal new details about the Tulsa Public Schools athletic department scandal, which finally resulted in charges against former Athletic Director Stephanie Spring after a yearlong investigation by local and federal law enforcement.

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Oklahoma: Lottery funds for schools should be for technology, not state aid

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 32, Clicks: 11)
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State Superintendent Janet Barresi on Thursday called on the Legislature to halt the use of lottery proceeds as a source of state aid to public schools and to dedicate it instead to school technology needs.

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Tulsa lawmaker calls for expert input on school grading

eduK8 sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 76, Clicks: 20)
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A freshman lawmaker said Friday that the state's new school grading system isn't working and called for the involvement of data experts to help develop one that would produce reliable information that schools can use to guide improvement.

2 comments | Tags: oklahoma state department of education a-f grades keith ballard katie henke | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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