By Dr. Laura Latta, M.Ed., Ph.D., Director of Post-Secondary Partnerships & Research This is the second installment in the ImpactTulsa multi-part series, Equity in Education. The first installment of the equity series, Defining Equity, Equality, and Standardization, discusses the conceptual differences between equality and equity. Equality refers...
By Dr. Laura Latta, M.Ed., Ph.D., Director of Post-Secondary Partnerships & Research This is the first installment in the ImpactTulsa multi-part series, Equity in Education. Equal access to a high quality public education has been a top social justice issue for the past century. After all, it...
Tulsa, Okla. –– Mayor G.T. Bynum will join ImpactTulsa on Oct. 30 as the new Leadership Council Chair. The ImpactTulsa Leadership Council is a group of innovative leaders from various groups that participate in strategic discussion to actualize these education solutions and remove potential barriers....
This month, the entire ImpactTulsa team traveled to Washington D.C. to attend the 10th annual Cradle to Career Network Convening hosted by StriveTogether. Cradle to Career is a gathering of changemakers united in the work of breaking down barriers and creating opportunities for every child,...
By Dr. Laura Latta A city where every kid has equal opportunity Those who attended Thursday’s State of Education luncheon walked away with two challenges, one from Mayor G.T. Bynum and one from Dr. Danette Howard, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of Lumina Foundation. Mayor...
A student-led initiative at Central High School in Tulsa hosted Food Truck Fridays as an effort to increase attendance during May, a month in which attendance historically drops. Food On The Move partnered with ImpactTulsa to provide free food and fresh produce to students who...
The research is clear: Students who are in class every day will be more successful than those who miss out. Students who are chronically absent – or students who miss more than 10% of school for any reason – are at a much higher risk...
By: Jessica Smith, Director of Early Learning At every age, for every demographic, and in every school district, the story is the same: students who miss more school than their peers are more likely to have lower academic outcomes and also delayed development of crucial social...
In an effort to reach all 4-year-olds in the Tulsa area who need to be enrolled in pre-K, ImpactTulsa is launching a new outreach program where trained parents knock on doors where there is historically low pre-K enrollment. Children who attend pre-K outperform those who do...
We do everything from billboard campaigns to knocking on doors to make sure we reach the most people we can to spread the word about the importance of pre-K education. Educating the public about the importance of pre-K education coupled with explaining how to get students enrolled are strategies used...