Forty-four percent of the state’s black school-age children live in poverty, compared to 17 percent rate of white children, according to the National Center for Children in Poverty.
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Northwest Classen Orchestra defies odds
The orchestra at Northwest Classen High School has proven it can thrive.
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Oklahoma City Public Schools reallocates arts funding
Oklahoma City Public Schools is reassessing its A+ schools and redistributing its arts funding to better serve students.
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OKC district sees improvement in third-grade reading scores
Oklahoma City Public Schools appeared to cut its third-grade retention rate in half this year.
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Bodine Elementary models suspension reversal district seeks
Bodine Elementary has experienced a transformation from a high suspension school to one students and teachers look forward to coming to each day.
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Over the past two years, Glover was able to catch up academically and is on track to graduate this spring, a feat most students facing similar challenges don’t accomplish.
Over the past two years, Glover was able to catch up academically and is on track to graduate this spring, a feat most students facing similar challenges don’t accomplish.
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Program aids minority students
A local fraternity runs a program to help low-income and minority students learn responsibility and self-respect.
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Program seeks to ‘jumpstart’ financial literacy at OKC schools
During Jumpstart Your Money Week, volunteers worked with students at Hawthorne Elementary on financial literacy.
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Senate Bill 782 would expand charter school availability statewide
If Gov. Mary Fallin endorses Senate Bill 782, school districts outside Oklahoma City and Tulsa could open charter schools.
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Superintendent Robert Neu called the district’s high suspension rate — especially among minority students — an unacceptable culture of sorting students that he plans to stop.
Superintendent Robert Neu called the district’s high suspension rate — especially among minority students — an unacceptable culture of sorting students that he plans to stop.