"Challenges and Opportunities in Public Education" was first aired on Wednesday December 15th 2004. Our Guests were Dr. Jim Capps, Superintendent, Putnam City Public Schools and Bob Moore, Superintendent, Oklahoma City Public Schools.

1. Major things going on in these school districts this year
2. The effect of MAPS for Kids in these school districts
3. What they see its effect being in the future
4. No Child Left Behind Act - the compliance and its effect on the student
5. Greatest challenges that they each face now and in the future
6. Teacher's salaries (Oklahoma 50th); School violence; Drug policies - no tolerance
7. 10 years from now, how they see their school districts to have changed

Dr. Capps, Mick Cornett, Kent Meyers, Bob Moore