News
Clifton Adcock
A strategy to give Oklahoma public schools and school districts letter grades hopefully will be “transformative” to the state’s education system, state Superintendent Janet Barresi said.
Tuesday 21 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: Karl Springer
Making the grade
State education officials plan to employ a letter-grade system for assessing schools.
News
Clifton Adcock
A strategy to give Oklahoma public schools and school districts letter grades hopefully will be “transformative” to the state’s education system, state Superintendent Janet Barresi said.
Massenat wins school board seat
Elemental Coffee co-owner emerges on top in three-person race.
News
Gazette staff
Oklahoma City businesswoman Laura Massenat won election Tuesday night to the open seat on the Oklahoma City Public Schools Board of Education. Massenat, who co-owns Elemental Coffee, won the three-way race and avoided an April runoff by getting nearly 55 percent of the vote, or 890 total votes.
No school takeover
Commentary
Karl Springer
I want to directly address the people of Oklahoma City and explain my opinion on the potential state takeover of our schools on the state’s priority list: It is a terrible idea.
Choosing school choice
Letters to the Editor
Matthew Trimble
In Karl Springer’s commentary (”No school takeover,” Oklahoma Gazette, March 21), the superintendent’s train analogy is accurate.
A reluctant partnership?
Two low-performing OKC public schools are among seven statewide that will receive special intervention.
News
Clifton Adcock
As the pieces in state Superintendent Janet Barresi’s school reform mechanism begin moving, leaders of low-performing schools are expressing some trepidation over what they see as an uncertain future for their schools.
Action precedes Jackson
Rev. Jesse Jackson's visit to OKC high school follows brief student scuffle.
News
Gazette staff
The Rev. Jesse Jackson told students at Douglass High School this morning that they can aspire to be anything in life, but his words of inspiration might have come a few hours too late for a group of youths at the Oklahoma City school.
Wanna bet?
CFN
Gazette staff
Thunder pride and gambling mania have taken hold at the Oklahoma City Public Schools district.
School shakeup
An OKC school principal resigns amid allegations that he rigged student grades and attendance.
News
Jerry Bohnen
Embattled Douglass Mid-High School Principal Brian Staples resigned last week in the wake of a an Oklahoma City Public Schools investigation into allegations of grade-tampering and other misconduct.
School daze
In the midst of scandal, an embattled OKC high school learns that 81 percent of its senior class is not on track to graduate next spring.
News
Jerry Bohnen
In the wake of scandal that has engulfed Frederick A. Douglass Mid-High School, state officials found that 81 percent of its senior class does not meet the necessary criteria to graduate next spring. According to an audit conducted by the state Department of Education, 87 of 107 senior students need additional credits and/or state tests to graduate on time.
A failed philosophy
Letters to the Editor
Jamie Burnette
A big, heartfelt, thank-you goes to Bill Bleakley for his commentary, “Hey, Legislature, nothing’s happening here!” (Dec. 11, 2012, Oklahoma Gazette) His words echoed those of many of us who have been banging our heads against the proverbial brick wall as we watch the decline of our schools.
