Oklahoma Watch (https://oklahomawatch.org/series/education-watch/)
Black and Hispanic students are much less likely to be identified as “gifted” than their white and Asian counterparts — a disparity found in Oklahoma that mirrors national statistics on gifted and talented education.
The state Department of Education will reconsider a rule they say forced them to redact the graduation rates of nearly 60 percent of the state’s school districts.
A White House conference on Wednesday tackled the high discipline rates of minority and special education students. Oklahoma City Public Schools is among many districts across the nation that has seen high suspension rates of black students.
An amendment co-sponsored by Sen. Jim Inhofe would track the graduation rates of homeless and foster care students.
A push to amend the state Constitution to keep a Ten Commandments monument at the State Capitol could also boost efforts to expand school choice vouchers in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma’s Parent Teacher Association voted Friday to boycott all non-federally mandated tests.
Oklahoma City, Tulsa and the surrounding metros have some of the most inexperienced public school teachers in the state, according to a new report.
A bill an Oklahoma lawmaker said would reduce end-of-instruction tests in Oklahoma will not cut the number of tests available, or that students have to take to graduate.
The state budget deal announced Tuesday likely kills a plan to start raising teacher pay and expanding the number of school days next year.
Preliminary results from Oklahoma’s third grade reading test show fewer students are at risk of retention this year. Results also show little change in the number of students who are not reading at a proficient level.