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Educators Irrigate Deserts

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From C.S. Lewis:

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

(GRIN: Food for thought!)

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The Common Culprit: National Curriculum Ignores Oklahoma Academic Standards

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There’s an old expression that goes like this: “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always gotten.”

While Henry Ford is credited with this wisdom, evidence of it can be seen clearly in public education in Oklahoma.

Like a distinct scratch on a broken record, we recently heard results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress show test scores on the decline nationally.

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Point of View: National curriculum ignores Oklahoma academic standards

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Our CEO, Jan Barrick's column in The Oklahoman: "The crux of the matter is simple. We can have the best standards ever written, but if they aren’t being used, nothing changes. When students use textbooks written for Common Core, they are not prepared for the questions that will be asked by the state of Oklahoma in the spring."

Article published Wed., Dec 18, 2019
by Jan Barrick
In The Oklahoman

There’s an old expression that goes like this: “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always gotten.”

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