"What Teachers Make" (Encore presentation.)
(Note: This program originally aired back in April.) We speak by phone with the noted performance poet, former middle-school teacher, and current teachers advocate Taylor Mali. His new book --- What...
View ArticleTough Talk --- and Hard Truths --- about America's Public Schools from Dr....
On StudioTulsa today, we speak by phone with Dr. Steve Perry, a passionate, down-to-earth, and plainspoken --- make that outspoken --- education-reform advocate who's best known as the founder and...
View Article"The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary...
What if a bright young guy who had enough brains, training, and ambition to thrive on Wall Street suddenly decided --- in his mid-twenties, while watching an especially "passionate" pianist perform at...
View ArticleMaking the Case Against HB 3399, Which Would Remove Oklahoma from the Common...
On May 23rd, the Oklahoma State Legislature approved HB 3399, a bill which would, if it became law, withdraw this state from the Common Core State Standards initiative. This bill is now on Gov. Mary...
View ArticleA Conversation with Stacey Bess, a Noted Teacher and Education Advocate Soon...
On Friday the 30th, beginning at 7:45am, the Community Action Project of Tulsa (or simply "CAP Tulsa") will present a special event entitled Sunny Side Up. It's a fundraising breakfast that will...
View ArticleA Chat with Dr. Howard Gardner of Harvard University, Winner of the 2015...
On this installment of ST, we speak with Dr. Howard Gardner, a Professor of Education at Harvard University, who is the 2015 Brock International Prize in Education Laureate. Well-regarded worldwide for...
View ArticleAn ImpactTulsa Update: Efforts to Combat the "Summer Slide" Among TPS Students
On this edition of ST, we learn about the "summer slide." This phrase is what educational researchers use to refer to the approximately two months of grade-level learning that school kids lose without...
View Article"Poetic Justice" -- A New Anthology of Poems by Women Incarcerated at David...
On this installment of StudioTulsa, we learn about Poetic Justice, an ongoing writing project for incarcerated women at the David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center in Tulsa. This writing-workshop program...
View ArticleWhy Talking Is Teaching -- Dr. Dana Suskind Offers "Thirty Million Words:...
On this edition of ST on Health, an interesting discussion with Dr. Dana Suskind, a Professor of Surgery at the University of Chicago who's also the Director of that school's Pediatric Cochlear Implant...
View Article"Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts"
We speak with Susan Cain, who ignited a national conversation a few years ago with her widely celebrated nonfiction book, "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking." This book...
View ArticleNotes on What It Takes to Succeed -- "Grit: The Power of Passion and...
"Eighty percent of success is showing up." Or so goes the old saying. But what do we really mean by this? And how does "showing up" in life -- or, if you prefer, exhibiting "perseverance" -- relate to...
View Article"Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance" (Encore Presentation)
(Note: This interview first aired in early June.) "Eighty percent of success is showing up." Or so goes the old saying. But what do we really mean by this? And how does "showing up" in life -- or, if...
View ArticleTaking a Close Look at the ImpactTulsa 2016 Community Impact Report
On this edition of ST, we're talking about the nonprofit collective known as ImpactTulsa, which began in 2014, and which (per its website ) aims to "improve education for every child. Our partnership...
View Article"Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World"
Since 2012, the national non-profit organization Girls Who Code has taught computing and computer-programming skills to thousands of girls all across America. Our guest is the CEO and founder of that...
View ArticleGetting to Know the Newly Hired Team-Leader for the GKFF's Birth through...
Our guest on this edition of ST is Sophia Pappas, who formerly led the pioneering initiative to bring "universal pre-K" to the New York City Public Schools. Pappas now resides in Tulsa, as she was...
View ArticleStep Up Oklahoma: Why This Group Was Created, What It's Seeking, & How It...
How will this state's very serious budget problems get solved? And when? What, in the end, is it going to take? On this edition of StudioTulsa, we learn about Step Up Oklahoma, which is, per its...
View ArticleMeet the 2018 Brock Prize Laureate: Lee Gordon, the Founder of Hand in Hand
Our guest today is Lee Gordon, the 2018 Laureate of the Brock Prize in Education. Gordon is the founder of Hand in Hand: The Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel. This Israeli non-profit...
View ArticleThoughts and Trends Regarding Education in the 21st Century: A Chat with...
On this edition of ST, a conversation with Jaime Casap, the so-called "Education Evangelist" at Google. Casap will be the keynote speaker at the Tulsa Regional Chamber's annual State of Education...
View Article"The Creative Curve: How to Develop the Right Idea, at the Right Time"
Our guest is Allen Gannett, the founder and CEO of TrackMaven, a software analytics firm whose clients have included Microsoft, Marriott, Home Depot, Aetna, and Honda. He joins us to discuss his new...
View ArticleOn the Lookout for Great Teachers: A Chat with Deborah Gist, Superintendent...
Our guest on ST is Dr. Deborah Gist, the Superintendent of Tulsa Public Schools, who's worked in public education for nearly three decades at the school, district, and state levels (in Florida, Texas,...
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