Teaching http://kwgs.org en Tough Talk --- and Hard Truths --- about America's Public Schools from Dr. Steve Perry http://kwgs.org/post/tough-talk-and-hard-truths-about-americas-public-schools-dr-steve-perry <p>On StudioTulsa today, we speak by phone with Dr. Steve Perry, a passionate, down-to-earth, and plainspoken --- make that outspoken --- education-reform advocate who's best known as the founder and principal of Capital Preparatory Magnet School in Hartford, Connecticut. This school has sent one-hundred percent of its predominantly low-income, minority, first-generation high-school graduates to four-year colleges every year since its first class graduated in 2006. Dr. Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:29:21 +0000 Rich Fisher 34594 at http://kwgs.org Tough Talk --- and Hard Truths --- about America's Public Schools from Dr. Steve Perry "What Teachers Make" (Encore presentation.) http://kwgs.org/post/what-teachers-make-encore-presentation <p>(Note: This program originally aired back in April.) We speak by phone with the noted performance poet, former middle-school teacher, and current teachers&#39; advocate Taylor Mali. His new book --- &quot;What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World&quot; --- is based on a poem that he wrote several years ago, a spirited and encouraging defense of the teaching profession that has, by now, been seen and forwarded millions of times on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and elsewhere. Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:43:16 +0000 Rich Fisher 22967 at http://kwgs.org "What Teachers Make" (Encore presentation.) "What Teachers Make" http://kwgs.org/post/what-teachers-make <p>On today&#39;s show, we speak by phone with the noted performance poet, former middle-school teacher, and current teachers&#39; advocate Taylor Mali. His new book --- &quot;What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World&quot; --- is based on a poem that he wrote several years ago, a spirited and encouraging defense of the teaching profession that has, by now, been seen and forwarded millions of times on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and elsewhere. Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:27:08 +0000 Rich Fisher 16383 at http://kwgs.org "What Teachers Make"