OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—In the Oklahoma City School District viewing area, “What’s Right with Our Schools” has become a popular segment on NBC-affiliate KFOR’s Channel 4 News. It’s an optimistic feature in the midst of the predominantly negative news that monopolizes the evening broadcast.
Recently, the show’s producer contacted Debra Knight, an advocate for the First In Math Online Program who lives and works in the area. He invited her to select a school to showcase for the first segment of the 2014-2015 school year.
“It was a really fascinating process! They took more than two hours of interviews and footage and edited it down to this segment,” explains Knight.
The highlighted school, Greystone Upper Elementary, implemented First In Math in 2012. Principal Sandy Jackson is delighted with his teachers’ and students’ response to the First In Math program, stating “The way this math is packaged, they want to do these problems!”
JIM NORTON TOYOTA presented Principal Jackson with a check for $600 in recognition of the school’s significant improvement in math proficiency.
In the words of reporter Meg Alexander, “Inspiring students and motivating them to be First In Math is another example of what’s right with our schools.”
View the full segment here.