Education

OU Pushes Online Material As Textbook Alternative

Associated Press — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:10:00 +0000

University of Oklahoma officials say a program that puts more course material online is saving students on the cost of textbooks.

Honorable Ponka-We Victors Tells Riverside Grads To Have A Dream

Susan Shannon — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 03:01:00 +0000

Commencement at Riverside Indian School is always a big day, but this year the commencement speaker is the only Native American woman to serve in the Kansas legislature, the honorable Ponka-we Victors.

Resources for Helping Youth and Children Cope with Disaster

Laura Knoll — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:42:55 +0000

Resources for parents, teachers, mental health professionals, and first responders, compiled by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network:

After the Tornado: Helping Young Children Heal (PDF)

Sandy Hook's Future: What's To Become Of The School?

editor — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:35:00 +0000

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Now we'd like to turn to a story that more than five months later is still painful. In the aftermath of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School last December, the Newtown, Connecticut community had many tough decisions to make. One of them was just what should happen to the elementary school where 26 people were killed.

Rich Harwood is the founder and president of the Harwood Institute for Public Innovation. That's a nonprofit group that facilitates community discussions.

Nutrition Group Says Chocolate Milk Is OK, No Need For Aspartame

editor — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:26:00 +0000

A controversial petition by the dairy industry to allow milk sweetened with aspartame or other alternative sweeteners to be labeled on the front of the carton simply as MILK is drawing criticism from the nation's leading group of nutritionists.

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is urging the FDA to reject the petition, which we first Daniel Rodriguez grew up about an hour from Norman. So, naturally, the Sooners were kind of a big deal. He knew from a young age, he would probably never step foot on Owen Field as a football star, but he also knew that wasn’t the only way, and in the fall of 2009, he fulfilled a lifelong dream when he sprinted onto the legendary field as a member of the Pride of Oklahoma.

Assignment: Radio May 12, 2013

Meredith Everitt — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:03:43 +0000

It’s the final episode of the Spring 2013 season for the Assignment: Radio team and this week’s theme is “Firsts”. From awkward first kisses, to a first home run, the first can be the worst or something great that stays with you for the rest of your life.

Ivy Leaguers Broaden Minds With New Race Center

editor — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:07:00 +0000

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

I'm Michel Martin and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. We're going to spend the last few minutes today talking about some new ideas about race and ethnicity in this country. In a few minutes, we'll hear about a new book that examines how pop culture figures like Jay-Z and Denzel Washington play with and possibly change our ideas about what it means to be a black man in America.

First, though, we want to meet somebody who has plans to do a deep dive into these issues from a new perch at a venerable institution.