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Sixty-five years ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down racial segregation in public schools, setting in motion great currents of change that no one foresaw. Our story, video and images reflect on the impact, then and now, of Brown v. Board of Education on Oklahoma City Public Schools.
Moore Public Schools plans to cancel its weekly class for gifted students and instead focus on a science, technology, engineering, art and math program for all students. Some parents and advocates for gifted students think their children will lose a valuable part of their education.
When a rural, southeastern Oklahoma school district was struggling and on the verge of closing, Epic Charter Schools stepped in. The deal, which expanded its “blended learning” presence beyond the two metro areas, allowed Epic to have the trappings of traditional public schools and receive a cut of the funds, as well as gain a toehold in rural Oklahoma.
Gov. Kevin Stitt has abandoned a 2017 effort by the state to push schools to funnel more dollars into the classroom or risk consolidation.
Gov. Kevin Stitt on Monday made his first appointment to the state Board of Education. Carlisha Williams Bradley is the executive director of ImpactTulsa, which connects public school districts with nonprofits, businesses and civic leaders.
The eye-popping statistic from a recent report made headlines: In Oklahoma, 30,000 teachers have left the profession in the past six years. But there were other interesting trends to unearth in the 124-page report.
Thousands more Oklahoma students were held back in early grades than what the U.S. Department of Education reported, according to newly released state data.
Oklahomans can now find out how each school in the state stacks up under the newly revamped school accountability system. Much is at stake.
There are conflicting narratives about whether school spending in Oklahoma has declined, and if so, by how much. The conflict evokes some basic questions: What is the best measure of school spending in Oklahoma? And how does current spending compare to past years’ and other states’? Here’s a primer.
Gov. Kevin Stitt used his first State of the State address to call for an additional pay raise for teachers, a more modernized state government and greater control over state agency leaders’ employment.
What was absent, however, might be as important as what was included.