During his three decades as an educator, Mid-America Technology Center administration superintendent Dusty Ricks said he has seen no educational opportunity in the state that is quite as valuable yet underrated as a local career technology center. “When I was growing up, my parents, teachers and counselors preached to us about the value of a […]
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Rep. Mickey Dollens sees an opportunity to reform career and technical education
The representative from Oklahoma City believes apprenticeships and increased technical education will be key as automation increases.
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Chicken-Fried News: Shocking honor
A retired agriculture teacher shocked attendees at a meeting when he made racist and homophobic comments and presented an African-American man with KKK symbols.
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Voters consider education tax and review lottery promises
State Question 779 would bolster education funding with a 1 percent rise in sales and use tax.
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State Question 779 sparks debate over sales tax
State Question 779 would utilize a 1 percent sales tax to fund the Education Improvement Fund.
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Metro Technology Center renovates South Bryant campus
MetroTech gathers funds to renovate 50-year-old campus and better serve its students.
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Incarcerated women get a second chance through TEEM
Local organizations work together to offer female inmates training so they can succeed after they are released.
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Train earlier, work smarter
And what better ways to fix the problem than starting in public schools? CareerTech and the Department of Career and Technology Education are asking for $35 million more funding. Nearly all of that would head directly into schools for “performance-based” funding. “A job for every Oklahoman and a workforce for every company,” NewsOK reported Sommers […]
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An economy for everyone
It is all too easy to yield to a certain dark fatalism, or on the contrary, to invest all one’s hopes in fundamental change on the federal level. While much room for improvement remains in national politics — from ending the farce known as “free trade,” to tackling the debt, and we must hold national […]