Jennettie Marshall
What this job does: Runs the State Department of Education, which sends state money to public schools, licenses teachers, and sets what students should learn and how they are tested. A term is four years, eight years at most.
- Occupation
- Pastor
- Lives in
- Tulsa
Background
- Served eight years on the Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education. source: oklahomavoice.com
- Worked 17 years with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, including as a parole officer. source: oklahomavoice.com
- Works as a pastor; holds a doctorate in pastoral psychology. source: newson6.com
- Won the June 16, 2026 Democratic primary for state superintendent. source: oklahomavoice.com
In their own words
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- "The Marshall Plan," a six-pillar education plan including academic excellence and strengthening rural education source: news9.com
- Raise teacher pay, including a $45,000 starting salary source: oklahomavoice.com
- Recruit, develop and retain teachers; reinvest in the Great Expectations teacher-training program source: news9.com
- Make the Education Department "a supportive, collaborative department" for districts source: oklahomavoice.com
- Intervention before retention under the Strong Readers Act source: news9.com
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