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In this episode, Jentre is joined by guest co-host Dr. Kathy Curry for a conversation with Keith Sinor, superintendent of Yukon Public Schools in Yukon, Oklahoma. Keith reflects on traveling with Jentre and Kathy to Finland to study the country’s education system and shares lessons about trust, teacher autonomy, student well-being, and innovative school design.

Keith also discusses the vision behind Yukon’s Central Academy for Learning and Innovation (CALI), a new tuition-free K–5 public school of choice. He explores the community’s strong interest in the academy, the importance of starting small and growing intentionally, and the opportunities and challenges of bringing meaningful innovation to public education.

Links:

https://www.yukonschools.org/page/cali

https://brockinstitute.org/

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In this episode, Ed and Jentre visit with Kathy Curry and Daniel Hamlin of the Oklahoma Education Impact Initiative (OKEII). The Oklahoma Education Impact Initiative is a non-profit initiative dedicated to rapidly transforming Oklahoma's public education system. The initiative is undertaking a comprehensive research effort conducted by an independent team of leading scholars from Oklahoma.

This research team is surveying representative samples of Oklahomans, including: school principals and superintendents, school board members, teachers, staff, parents and family of students, and the general public. OKEII’s primary research objective is to understand what the groups above consider to be the main problems – and solutions – affecting the K-12 public education in the state. The secondary objective is to elicit information on potential solutions (i.e., resources, practices, and policies) to these problems. These data will result in the creation and formulation of OKEII’s comprehensive education initiative.

To learn more about the Oklahoma Education Impact Initiative, please check out the links below.

Links:

https://www.okeii.org/

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