If you’re like us and you’re a huge David Blatt fan* (and who isn’t?), you can catch him on the Studio Tulsa replay tonight at 7:30pm on Tulsa’s NPR affiliate, KWGS 89.5. David will be talking up OK Policy Institute and what Oklahoma can expect to get from the stimulus package. So if you’re sitting [...]
Posts Tagged ‘media’
Stimulus on the Radio
Posted in Policy, tagged media, NPR, Oklahoma Policy Institute on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
(Pre-)Schoolyard Fights
Posted in Early Childhood Education, Policy, tagged Early Childhood Education, funding, media on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I started to write a piece decrying the latest op-ed explaining why early education spending is misguided and wasteful. On Sunday, two researchers at the conservative American Enterprise Institute wrote an op-ed in the New York Times opposing the expansion of Head Start funding in the House-passed version of the stimulus bill. But are they [...]
Pre-K Advocates Melt in Obama’s Endearing Gaze
Posted in Early Childhood Education, Policy, tagged Early Childhood Education, media, Obama on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So reports the Gray Lady: After years of what they call backhanded treatment by the Bush administration, whose focus has been on the testing of older children, many advocates are atremble with anticipation over Mr. Obama’s espousal of early childhood education. Actually the article turns out to be a pretty nice summation of the case [...]
Returning to North Tulsa: Food?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged economic development, food and nutrition, media, North Tulsa on November 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The Tulsa World has an article up about recent moves by the Tulsa Development Authority to entice a new investor into replacing the grocery store formerly operated by Albertson’s, at Pine and N Peoria. This is great news, since there are no other full-size grocery stores on the north side of town – a huge [...]
Politics and Poverty Webcast
Posted in Policy, Poverty, tagged events, media, Poverty on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Guest Lecturer: E. J. Dionne, Washington Post columnist on PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS AND POVERTY Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Noon ET/ 11:00 a.m. CT/ 10:00 a.m. MT/9:00 a.m. PT Duration: 1 hour and 15 minutes Sign up for the live audio webcast at http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=51269.
Cherry Picked
Posted in Early Childhood Education, Program Evaluations, Research & Data, tagged Early Childhood Education, media, research on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
People a lot smarter than me have done a good job responding to the now infamous Wall Street Journal op-ed that made a mockery of years of early childhood research. I’ve often wondered while reading the letters to the editor of many a newspaper why there is such a contrast in tone and substance between critics and [...]
Cognitive Dissonance at the Journal
Posted in Early Childhood Education, Program Evaluations, tagged Early Childhood Education, media, Program Evaluations on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In case you were wondering whether the editorial and news divisions really are separate at a newspaper, the Wall Street Journal gave us a case study over the last week by running two pieces – one opinion, one news – about early childhood education. Chronologically: Opinion: “Protect our Kids from Preschool” by Shikha Dalmia and Lisa [...]
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