UWO alumni couple working to strengthen education in Wisconsin and beyond

After years working in public schools, Garth Larson had seen enough.

The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh graduate, who’d been both a teacher and administrator in schools around the Fox Valley, had time and again used time and resources on professional development opportunities that, to him, didn’t pay off.

One day around 2008, Larson was on his way back from a conference in southern Wisconsin and told his wife—fellow UW Oshkosh grad Tammy (Potter) Larson—”I think we can do better.”

The next year the two would launch what’s now known as First Educational Resources, a company designed to support educators and improve upon the types of experienced Garth was finding at conferences, workshops and other endeavors...
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