ePublic Forum

The USAO Teacher Education Program welcomes your ideas, questions, and comments as they relate to the preparation of innovative, effective, effective teachers committed to helping all children learn.

 

Colleges of Education are Dedicated to Oklahoma’s Education Goals

While the structure, curriculum, and approach to educating children is under much debate, the importance and demand for qualified teachers and school leaders remains a certainty. To continue reading click here.

Reform in Education is not a new concept.

Diane Ravitch outlines the ever changing reform agenda in her book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System. What is new is that there appears to be more unity among the educational community in defining what "forward progress" looks like.

Historically, the field of education has been highly vulnerable to political and private sector ideology.  To continue reading click here.

Teacher education forum finds new life online

A new initiative allowing the public to review and comment on changes being made in teaching education programs across the state has been launched at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. To continue reading click here.

USAO Conducts Task Force on Teacher Prep

A task force more than a year in planning was convened to dream the clinical preparation of tomorrow’s teachers at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (USAO). To continue reading click here.