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Vision

Oklahoma will become nationally and globally competitive by strengthening our public schools.

Mission

Make Oklahoma a world leader in public education.

OBEC, 2004 National Award Recipient

Ed Trust's Dispelling the Myth Award for Community Leaders

Annually Ed Trust honors community leaders, high-performing, high-improving, and gap-closing schools and districts from around the nation with its Dispelling the Myth Awards. Through high expectations, hard work, and smarter ways of working, these leaders are helping to dispel the devastating myth that poor and minority children cannot learn to high academic levels. 2004 was the first year a non-school based organization was recognized.
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