Jenni is married to David White, an electrical engineer. They have 2 girls and 2 boys (Bryna/1983, Betty/2001, Coleman/2002 and Sam/2004) the youngest three of whom she has schooled at home since 2010. She earned a Master's Degree in Biology from the University of Central Oklahoma, where she honed her research skills on such interesting subjects as Mexican free-tailed bats and north American river otter before becoming a high school science teacher. After a stint as an Epidemiology for the Oklahoma State Health Department, Jenni went back to teaching as a 7th grade science teacher on the same team with her mother, an English teacher, before retiring to stay home with her children. As a stay-at-home mom involved in her children's educations, Jenni became increasingly aware of how poor even their Blue Ribbon public elementary was becoming. Her concerns gave rise to Restore Oklahoma Public Education and spawned several highly detailed research papers on the Common Core State Standards Initiative and the State Longitudinal Database System. Today, she writes, blogs, researches and lobbies with other members of the ROPE board who helped stop the implementation of Common Core in Oklahoma in spring of 2014. Her original writing and research has been published in American Thinker, School Reform News and cited in various national publications. Jenni has been a radio guest on the Laura Ingraham Show, The Sam Sorbo Show (Talk Radio Network), Sandy Rios in the Morning (American Family Radio), The Glenn Beck Show with host Dana Loesch, and was a panelist with Matt Kibbe, David Barton and Oklahoma Senator Josh Brecheen for Glenn Beck's We Will Not Conform Live event. She has also been a guest on numerous local radio programs across Oklahoma and nationally from Colorado to Alabama. Privileged to be invited to speak in any venue, Jenni has spoken before the Council for National Policy, Eagle Forum Policy Council, State Policy Network, the Republican National Committee, Reclaiming America for Christ, Clouds Over America, Teaching Parents Association (Kansas) and to groups all across Oklahoma as well as in Iowa, South Dakota and Utah. Several national publications including the New York Times, The Guardian U.K., Breitbart News, The Federalist, The Blaze, National Review and the Daily Caller have interviewed her for stories related to her research on Common Core. Both humbled and delighted, Jenni has accepted the "Statesman Of The Year" award from the Bott Radio Network, the "Americanist" award from the John Birch Society, an "Eagle" Award from Phyllis Schlafly and the Frederick Douglass Award given to all ROPE Board members by Oklahoma grassroots activists at the Second Annual Defenders of Liberty awards ceremony. Jenni is a Constitutional Conservative, who attends Fairview Baptist Church in Edmond.
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