Category Archives: Education

Town and Country School,Tulsa

The following is a news report that aired recently about SuperPizzaBoy’s school here in Tulsa.

SPB has Asperger’s Syndrome a type of autism. The school almost literally saved SPB. He was not flourishing at Union Public Schools. His teachers labored mightily to help him as did the Special Education teachers. The Administration though was totally indifferent.

Anyway, he is a happy bright kid who loves learning and he loves the school where he is doing great. The school is expensive and we are not eligible for the scholarships discussed in the video but that is OK. I don’t know of a better use of our money than getting our child educated.

Today’s verse is from Proverbs 2:6

“The mind of the prudent acquires knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.” (KJV)

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Booker T. Washington High School’s Race to the Top

I am very impressed with our young people today. A couple weeks ago I did booth duty with some students from Union High School’s Junior Achievement program. All of those kids had their act together.

Our local paper, the Tulsa World, has an article Saturday about students from anther Tulsa area school, Booker T. Washington High School, who are working hard on a contest, the “White House’s Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge” where the President will pick a school to deliver an address at their commencement. You can read the article here. According to the article The Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge, invites schools to show how they are making “great strides on personal responsibility, academic excellence and college readiness.”

Part of the student’s entry is the video (produced by the students) below:

So do you think this is a good contest?

What do you think about our young people today? Are you hopeful or despairing? I want to know!