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Group Asks People to Wear Red for Public Ed

Oklahoma Education Association

The Oklahoma Education Association is starting a new campaign: Wear Red for Public Ed.

"We want to see teachers. We want to see support professionals. We want to see administrators," said OEA President Linda Hampton. "We want to see parents, students, everyone that supports public education and realizes all the good things and what a great system we have in Oklahoma of public education."

OEA is encouraging people to wear red on Tuesdays throughout the school year. Hampton said it was time for a change in focus.

"Rather than focusing on the negative things like testing and the so-called reforms, we want to remember that there is a lot of good that's going on in public education," Hampton said.

OEA is promoting the campaign on its Twitter account.

Matt Trotter joined KWGS as a reporter in 2013. Before coming to Public Radio Tulsa, he was the investigative producer at KJRH. His freelance work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times and on MSNBC and CNN.