State school leader says schools should set higher goals

 
By Wendy K. Kleinman
Published: July 8, 2008

State Schools Superintendent Sandy Garrett said today that social struggles such as poverty and budget crunches due to rising costs should not keep schools from setting and reaching higher goals.

She focused on three initiatives in her annual Oklahoma State of Education address at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City .

They are:

Reducing classroom interruptions to make sure children have every ...


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