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Episode 8 – Defining Success in Education
Oklahoma Secretary of Education, Ryan Walters
Achieving successful system outcomes carries a deep and complex set of requirements. There are a variety of examples of successes built by leaders with a certain level of risk tolerance that allows for real innovation, as is the case for Cottonwood Schools, a very small rural district in Eastern Oklahoma. Cottonwood’s superintendent, John Daniel, has taken innovative steps to dramatically improve reading outcomes in his district and his peers across the state and country are taking note.
I am a ‘sold out’ believer on the idea that real success in systems, including the education system, requires us to recognize and address that none of these systems exist in a vacuum, and real and sustainable outcomes requires huge organizations to communicate and coordinate services as interconnected systems designed around the person that they are jointly serving. Kids can’t be reasonably expected to achieve long-term academic success when they show up to school hungry, tired from sleeping on the floor or in a home in which domestic violence is a nightly occurrence. All of these systems must be thoughtfully and humbly designed to address the social determinants of poor outcomes we see in our communities.
In this episode of the Thousand Stories podcast, Oklahoma Secretary of Education, Ryan Walters and Secretary Brown discuss local and global examples of success and innovation in education. Further, the Secretaries align on the importance of collaboration between education and human services systems as critical to serving the needs of the whole child and their family as essential to successful education outcomes.
Podcast Participants (in order of appearance):
Justin Brown, Secretary of Human Services
URL: secretarybrown.com | Twitter: @secretarybrown |Instagram: secretary_brown | LinkedIn: Justin Brown | YouTube: Secretary Brown
Ryan Walters, Oklahoma Secretary of Education & Classroom Teacher
Twitter: @sec_walters | Facebook: OKSecretaryofEd | Instagram: ryanmwalters | Podcast: Overcome with Justin Wren (Launching Summer 2021)
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Episode 8 – Defining Success in Education
Oklahoma Secretary of Education, Ryan Walters
Achieving successful system outcomes carries a deep and complex set of requirements. There are a variety of examples of successes built by leaders with a certain level of risk tolerance that allows for real innovation, as is the case for Cottonwood Schools, a very small rural district in Eastern Oklahoma. Cottonwood’s superintendent, John Daniel, has taken innovative steps to dramatically improve reading outcomes in his district and his peers across the state and country are taking note.
I am a ‘sold out’ believer on the idea that real success in systems, including the education system, requires us to recognize and address that none of these systems exist in a vacuum, and real and sustainable outcomes requires huge organizations to communicate and coordinate services as interconnected systems designed around the person that they are jointly serving. Kids can’t be reasonably expected to achieve long-term academic success when they show up to school hungry, tired from sleeping on the floor or in a home in which domestic violence is a nightly occurrence. All of these systems must be thoughtfully and humbly designed to address the social determinants of poor outcomes we see in our communities.
In this episode of the Thousand Stories podcast, Oklahoma Secretary of Education, Ryan Walters and Secretary Brown discuss local and global examples of success and innovation in education. Further, the Secretaries align on the importance of collaboration between education and human services systems as critical to serving the needs of the whole child and their family as essential to successful education outcomes.
Podcast Participants (in order of appearance):
Justin Brown, Secretary of Human Services
URL: secretarybrown.com | Twitter: @secretarybrown |Instagram: secretary_brown | LinkedIn: Justin Brown | YouTube: Secretary Brown
Ryan Walters, Oklahoma Secretary of Education & Classroom Teacher
Twitter: @sec_walters | Facebook: OKSecretaryofEd | Instagram: ryanmwalters | Podcast: Overcome with Justin Wren (Launching Summer 2021)