A Preview of Our Reform Agenda

In recent weeks, local media outlets have offered previews of the reform agenda that I will move forward when I take office next week. This evening, Oklahoma City CBS affiliate KWTV featured our efforts in a 10 p.m. report:

News 9′s story this evening was generated in part by a comprehensive round-up bylined by The Oklahoman’s education reporter Megan Rolland on Christmas Eve. In that story, I shared my vision for accepting the challenges we face as an opportunity to rethink, restructure and reform our state’s system of education.

The Oklahoman followed that report with a supportive editorial a few days later. The Oklahoman wrote:

Barresi is challenging schools, teachers and parents to step up their game. Preparation doesn’t begin in high school. It begins much earlier — at home. That’s where the gaps start, too.