July 7, 2020 Program to Unlock New Career Opportunities for Black Youth with Curriculum in Data & Analytics, Creating a Pipeline to Professional Roles in Sports, Entertainment, and Tech Tulsa, OKLAHOMA-- The Oklahoma City Thunder and CAA Sports, a division of leading entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists...
What is continuous learning and improvement (CLI)? It’s an approach to improvement by which a team uses data to refine a problem, sets goals, and implements small tests of change to identify practices that are successful and can be scaled to a larger scope; CLI...
By Bailey McBride “Oftentimes, white voices are centered even in these conversations. So I think it’s powerful that there are so many white people on the call with mic’s muted, just listening.” Dr. Ashley Bennett, Director of College Counseling at KIPP Sunnyside High School, summed up a...
By Laura Latta, Ph.D. Preparing for life after high school can feel like an exciting adventure and also a challenging obstacle course. There are many steps that students must take to prepare themselves for their post-high school college, career, or military dreams. In 2019, an Oklahoma...
April 30, 2020 ImpactTulsa Partners and Community Members, We are continually working with partners to compile and align resources, and we sincerely thank all who contributed information and updates. If you have a resource to share or are releasing news updates, please email us at info@impacttulsa.com so we can add your information...
By Lauren Thiesse, MPA Tulsa County has an abundance of nonprofit organizations and public agencies, each with its own unique mission to support our community. When organizations work together, their missions are able to support one another and their individual successes are amplified. This is called...
April 24, 2020 ImpactTulsa Partners and Community Members, Tulsa County has changed as we are changed by COVID-19 in ways seen and unseen--what hasn’t changed is our ability to adapt. For over a month, we’ve seen parents finding innovative ways to celebrate seniors and birthdays. We’ve seen learning happening...
April 16, 2020 ImpactTulsa Partners and Community Members, Across Tulsa County, school districts, organizations, agencies, places of faith and restaurants are joining together to feed thousands of families each week. One family mentioned how school lunch pickup is a highlight of their day, and how that small...
StriveTogether grant will help local partnership form youth council, diversify leadership council TULSA, OKLA. — StriveTogether, a national network working to bring communities together around data to make decisions and improve results for kids, today announced Tulsa as an awardee for the second round of its...
April 9, 2020 ImpactTulsa Partners and Community Members, This week, public schools in Tulsa County launched distance learning. Building and launching these initiatives took a lot of planning and coordination with district leaders, school administrators, teachers, parents, caregivers and guardians. Thank you all for the work you’re...