By: Langley Dunn The first thing I see when I walk into my summer internship at ImpactTulsa each morning is the message “Welcome, Langley!” on my office’s whiteboard,...
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by Katie Carter 2016 University of Oklahoma Graduate Throughout my college career, I gained once in a lifetime opportunities and experiences. One such opportunity was...
READ MOREby Cathy Burden, Ph.D. America was founded on the belief that an educated citizenry is necessary for a true democratic society. Therefore, universal access to quality...
READ MOREBy David L. Boren It seems like every day I open the newspaper there is another shocking headline about our public schools. Headlines like: “Tulsa Public Schools...
READ MOREBy RAY OWENS Pastor, Metropolitan Baptist Church as published in the Tulsa World February 28, 2016 High-quality education is essential to sustaining vital cities. In order...
READ MOREHoward G. Barnett, Jr. President, Oklahoma State University-Tulsa One of the real strengths of Oklahoma’s public higher education system is its accessibility, not only...
READ MOREOne of the great joys of my career has been to help improve education including serving as CEO of ImpactTulsa. Since our launch, we have built an unprecedented partnership that...
READ MOREAs many people do in the new year, ImpactTulsa is taking inventory of our accomplishments and assessing progress toward our goals. As a collective impact partnership, we ended...
READ MOREAutumn Worten Director, Partner Engagement “Better than a thousand years of diligent study is one day with a great teacher.” – Japanese Proverb This quote is...
READ MOREJonah Edelman Co-founder and CEO, Stand for Children Most people have a vague idea of what “school-to-prison pipeline” means: that due to inadequate educational...
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