Advance Oklahoma’s Kids is a coalition led by organizations, parents, and students who are working to make our public schools more equitable and ensure they’re fully funded.
It’s time to build a brighter
future for Oklahoma’s kids.
Read about our newest project!
Better Outcomes for Oklahoma Kids (B.O.O.K.) was launched in Fall 2024 by the Advance Oklahoma’s Kids (AOK) coalition to change the narrative around public education. Inspired by the landmark bipartisan House Bill 1017, B.O.O.K. calls on Oklahomans to set aside partisanship and create a bold, realistic agenda for the next decade. Built from over 250 citizen surveys, six statewide listening sessions, and interviews with education leaders, the initiative presents 16 recommendations across four themes: strengthening the teaching profession, ensuring adequate resources, improving student performance, and creating safe, supportive schools. With over 700,000 students depending on public education, B.O.O.K. 2030 lays out a plan to strengthen our schools and secure better outcomes for every Oklahoma child.
We’re fighting for parents, families, and community members to be champions for what our students need.
We're fighting for every child's right to thrive in equitably resourced schools.
We’re fighting to ensure our students feel safe and supported at school.
Join us to build a movement for our kids.
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Oklahoma Appleseed is a non-profit public interest law firm that fights for justice and opportunity for every Oklahoman. Oklahoma Appleseed operates on four pillars of social change: community organizing, legal research, legislative advocacy, and structural litigation.
The Restorative Justice Institute of Oklahoma (RJIOK) seeks to transform the retributive and inequitable culture of our state. RJIOK offers training in restorative practices designed with and for individuals, families, schools, and organizations to reduce trauma, dehumanization, and recidivism.
The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) was launched in 1983 by a group of citizens as the result of an investigative report by the national news media which exposed a horrific story of cruelty and abuse experienced by Oklahoma children who were in the state’s custody. OICA was established to create a strong advocacy network that would provide a voice particularly for those in the state’s care and those growing up amid poverty, violence, abuse and neglect, disparities, or other situations that put their lives and future at risk.
My Brother’s Keeper addresses persistent opportunity gaps facing boys and young men of color to ensure all youth can reach their full potential. This nationwide, non-partisan effort was launched in 2014 by President Obama and the work continues as the My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) Alliance, an initiative of the Obama Foundation. The MBK Alliance focuses on building safe and supportive communities for boys and young men of color where they feel valued and have clear pathways to opportunity.
The Oklahoma Rural Schools Coalition is a true grassroots, parent led effort to support rural Oklahoma classrooms and empower our members to change the course of public education politics in our state. OKRSC's mission is to empower Oklahoma public education supporters by delivering easy-to-access tools that encourage legislative accountability, improved voter knowledge, and greater community engagement.
Generation Citizen is a national organization that strives to transform how civics is taught by providing equity-rooted, real-world civic education, which helps students understand exactly how governments function and how they can make a difference in the system.
Our Work In the News
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There is hope for Oklahoma's public school system. Coalition offers ideas
John Thompson, Guest Columnist
The Oklahoman
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Better Outcomes for Oklahoma's Kids: Initiative to develop agenda launched in Tulsa
Andrea Eger
Tulsa World
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Initiative to reform Oklahoma education policy launches in Tulsa
Beth Wallis
StateImpact Oklahoma
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Advocates taking initiative in improving OK academic outcomes
Stef Manchen
KJRH -TV | Tulsa | Channel 2
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Three things needed to reform education in Oklahoma (Capitol Update)
Steve Lewis
Oklahoma Policy Institute
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Our schools are not 'failing.' They need new accountability measures | Opinion
Kyle Reynolds
The Oklahoman
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State education, advocacy groups launch coalition for education equity
Oklahoma Appleseed
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Passionate organizations are tackling rural educational challenges statewide.
Carol Mowdy Bond
Oklahoma Magazine
