Improving Student Outcomes

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For too long, Tulsa's education system has grappled with disparities that leave many of our children behind, particularly those from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Tulsa’s education equality score is of 48 out of 100, and thousands of Tulsa kids are in families facing eviction, homelessness and generational poverty. These issues are impacting attendance rates driving outcomes in Tulsa including our reading proficiency gap and low math proficiency among 8th graders.

Major Goals

• Use a cradle-to-career approach that puts Tulsa families on a path to economic mobility at an early age
• Ensure access to high-quality childcare and early childhood education
• Support well-functioning school boards and local control of public schools
• Invest in the best educators
• Increase housing stability for students
• Improve mental health outcomes for children and families

To make progress, we have launched the City’s first Office of Children, Youth, and Families. This office will serve as a dedicated function of government specifically designed to meet the needs in our community. MOCYF, which is the City’s first office of its kind, will serve as a collaborative hub for improving outcomes for Tulsa’s children and families. By aligning cross-sector efforts, leveraging data-driven solutions, and mobilizing community resources. MOCYF aims to place 15,000 additional youth on a path to economic mobility by 2030, ensuring that more than a hundred thousand youth in Tulsa thrive.