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Building the institutions that connect Oklahoma's schools, employers, and communities around what matters most.

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INITIATIVES

What We're Building

These are institutions under construction. Each one is designed to connect schools, employers, and families in ways that outlast any grant cycle.

PROGRAM LIFECYCLE

CONCEPT
DESIGN
Ready, Set, Thrive
PILOT
Tekton Academies
INDEPENDENT
CONCEPTEDUCATION

Tekton Academies

A school that builds men into craftsmen and citizens

A rigorous education uniting classical learning and hands-on trade skills for young men who have been failed by conventional pathways. Four pillars (Trade Mastery, Entrepreneurial Thinking, Character Formation, Career Placement) form the structure for a new model of workforce formation rooted in virtue and vocation.

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CONCEPTECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Ready, Set, Thrive

Three pathways. One destination: a life that works.

Three integrated initiatives (Ready to Launch, Ready for the Future, Ready for Innovation) creating multiple pathways from school to family-sustaining careers. Built on the intellectual foundations of Opportunity Pluralism and the Success Sequence, RST recognizes that one-size-fits-all education fails students.

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ALSO FROM SEED

Research-Driven Initiatives

Beyond our flagship programs, SEED has authored foundational research and policy work that shapes Oklahoma's education and workforce landscape.

EDUCATION

Oklahoma Reading Institute

Literacy as the foundation of workforce readiness

SEED authored the design framework for a statewide reading institute modeled on Mississippi's literacy reforms, the most successful state-level education turnaround in recent American history. The framework addresses Oklahoma's persistent reading proficiency gap by building institutional capacity for evidence-based reading instruction from kindergarten through third grade.

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EDUCATION

Education That Works

Transforming Oklahoma's regional university system

A comprehensive policy framework for transforming Oklahoma's Regional University System (RUSO) around five pillars: Affordability, Acceleration, Alignment, Innovation, and Activation. The paper connects higher education reform directly to workforce outcomes, arguing that universities must be measured by the economic mobility of their graduates, not just enrollment numbers.

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