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For the first day of kindergarten, your child needs crayons, glue and brain stimulation that was supposed to start when he was born. Three experts in the fields of economics and early childhood education will speak to business leaders at the Oklahoma Economic Summit on Early Childhood Investment Monday to express the importance of early […]

For the first day of kindergarten, your child needs crayons, glue and brain stimulation that was supposed to start when he was born. Three experts in the fields of economics and early childhood education will speak to business leaders at the Oklahoma Economic Summit on Early Childhood Investment Monday to express the importance of early […]

Thousands of available good-paying jobs are out there blowin’ in the wind ” literally. Several Oklahoma colleges and technology centers are straining to train qualified wind technicians, with the industry expanding exponentially as the quest for renewable energy gains even more traction with the encouragement of the Obama administration. TURBINE TECHNICIAN PROGRAM TOTAL INVOLVEMENT SITE […]

Thousands of available good-paying jobs are out there blowin’ in the wind ” literally. Several Oklahoma colleges and technology centers are straining to train qualified wind technicians, with the industry expanding exponentially as the quest for renewable energy gains even more traction with the encouragement of the Obama administration. TURBINE TECHNICIAN PROGRAM TOTAL INVOLVEMENT SITE […]

The Oklahoma City Council was set to approve a 2010 budget Tuesday that includes a recession-induced hiring freeze across many departments and a 1.5 percent cut for everyone without a uniform and a badge. RECESSION-PROOF GOGGLES CURVEBALLS A HIGHER POWER THE SOOTHSAYER OF STILLWATER Those are grim numbers in a grim economic time. If you’re […]

Despite Oklahoma’s seemingly recession-proof exoskeleton, there’s no doubting the effects of the plummeting job market. The average Oklahoman can open a window and feel the winds of change, but for this year’s graduating college seniors, this wind might not shift in the next five minutes. BLEAK AND BARREN TEMPORARY JOB LAND AN INTERVIEW A recent […]

May is a unique time of the year for local charities. As school life ends at area colleges and universities, the donation season begins for thrift stores and philanthropic agencies. What was a throwaway for college students becomes a valuable secondhand store item. CHARITY SEASON NOT UNIQUE TO OKLAHOMA The pattern is simple: A college […]

For now, it appears the Oklahoma City school district no longer has a $40 million problem. A few months ago, school Superintendent Karl Springer and then-school board chairman Kirk Humphreys were holding up a white flag and slamming the brakes on the 2007 bond issue overwhelmingly passed by school patrons. The two school leaders claimed […]

A measure cruised ahead that would pave the way for Oklahoma Indian tribes to sponsor charter schools in their districts. Senate Bill 586 was approved by the Oklahoma House by a vote of 78-18 on April 15 and went back to the Senate for further amendments, but is expected to cross the governor’s desk for […]

A new Web site page through the Oklahoma chapter of The Nature Conservancy is linking environmental education opportunities throughout the state. The Conservation Education Initiative connects state-run agencies and private groups to present a searchable database for educators, parents and children. The idea for consolidating environmental education information was planted in 1992 with a bill […]