National Review has a wonderful history of the effort to pull Oklahoma out of the Common Core curriculum and the four women who spearheaded it. [Jenni] White has spent the past four years telling Parent Teacher Organizations and anyone else who would listen that Oklahoma should not implement Common Core,...
Posted by Michael Bates on June 21, 2014 12:34 AM
State of the Union Address notwithstanding, hundreds of Oklahomans turned out for tonight's National School Choice Week event at UCO. We heard remarks by State Superintendent Janet Barresi, former Congressman J. C. Watts, State Sen. Gary Stanislawski, Jeff Reed of the Friedman Institute, and political reporter John Fund (on book...
Posted by Michael Bates on January 24, 2012 10:41 PM
The other day the following post by a Facebook friend who is a former Democrat legislator: So, we have a repuke who opened 2 private schools running for superintendant of public education. Anyone see something odd about that? Repuke? Oh, nice, as Onslow says. The attempted slam (which failed for...
Posted by Michael Bates on July 21, 2010 8:39 PM
In the Republican primary race for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Shawn Hime, a former assistant to incumbent Democratic Superintendent Sandy Garrett, has attacked Janet Barresi in a fundraising letter for having contributed in the past to Democratic candidates. Barresi responded tonight with a press release, which you can read...
Posted by Michael Bates on April 26, 2010 11:20 PM
I'm pleased and proud to welcome a new BatesLine sponsor: Janet Barresi, a candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Barresi has an impressive background in K-12 education, including direct experience in dealing with the challenges of urban education as a founder of two successful charter schools in Oklahoma City....
Posted by Michael Bates on February 13, 2010 7:41 AM
If you use an RSS reader, you can subscribe to a feed of all future entries tagged 'Janet Barresi'. [What is this?]