Tulsa World Endorsement: For Hofmeister
Tulsa World Editorial Endorsement: For Joy Hofmeister
By World’s Editorial Writers
The choice is clear in the race for state superintendent.
The Republican candidate, Joy Hofmeister, offers an opportunity for more resources, higher expectations, better results and effective, collegial leadership.
The Democratic candidate, John Cox, offers continued discord and little else.
Hofmeister will be a zealous, and we think ultimately effective, advocate for the state’s most important need — increased state funding for public school classrooms.
She has a network of connections within the Oklahoma Legislature, and speaks the language of the Republican lawmakers who will control that body. She recognizes that the key to getting more money for schools is to integrate the push in an organic plan to improve public education: A plan that would include setting Oklahoma-based standards that are assessable and comparable, dealing with the broken A-F school grading system and excessive high-stakes testing and repairing the rift left by Barresi between the department of education and professional educators.