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Oklahoma City school board president Kirk Humphreys was unseated by former state Sen. Angela Monson as the final election results were finalized today. The final results of the election credited Monson with 6,391 votes and Humphreys with 4,840. The percentage breaks down to 56.9 percent for Monson and 43.1 for Humphreys. “I entered this race […]

Two candidates will face each other in a Feb. 10 election to determine the next chair of the Oklahoma City Public Schools Board of Education. KIRK HUMPHREYS ANGELA MONSON Kirk Humphreys, the former mayor and current chairman, took over the position when Cliff Hudson resigned the post last year. Angela Monson, his opponent, is a […]

osing to pull out of public school. “I’m not happy with separating them (students) off in a corner behind a beautiful iron gate where other children can’t go.” But, she added, “I received telephone calls that were full of people screaming at me. I’m just a citizen trying to help. I don’t need that.” ADVOCATES […]

If you’re happy and you know it, raise your fork. To all those who believe the key to happiness is a healthy and fit lifestyle, at least one study and a few organizations might throw food in your face. “Of course you can be large and happy,” said Peggy Howell. “I love my body. I’m […]

I want all Indians and white men to read and learn how the Indians lived and thought in the olden time and may it bring holy-good upon the younger Indians to know of their fathers. “Hiamovi, Cheyenne With thousands of American Indian children in Oklahoma public schools, the ground is ripe to sow the seeds […]

In northern Ghana, students begin school speaking their native language, Mampruli, and switch to the country’s official language, English, in the fourth grade. Speaking the language and actually comprehending it, however, are two very different things, leading to a high dropout rate in one of the country’s poorest regions. PAMBE Ghana, a nonprofit founded by […]

The last time the Union of Concerned Scientists evaluated Oklahoma’s efforts to reduce kids’ exposure to unhealthy school bus exhaust, they gave the state a “D” on its report card. FEDERAL STANDARDSVEHICLE UPGRADE COSTSFALSE IDLE “Oklahoma did terrible” on that 2006 report, said Patty Monahan, deputy director of the environmental group’s Clean Vehicles program. “At […]

Editor’s note: The following review was written by University of Oklahoma history professor William W. Savage Jr., author of several books on popular culture, the American West and Oklahoma. Next April will mark the 70th anniversary of the publication of John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath,” and commentaries have begun to appear already. METAPHORICAL PAYBACKMIGRANT […]

Abigail Sweeney is determined to graduate. The 15-year-old freshman at U.S. Grant High School wants to stay in school, even though she said her school has a big problem with kids dropping out, even freshmen like herself. BLOCK-SCHEDULING FORMATSPECIALTY SCHOOLSINSIGHTFUL OPINIONS Sweeney’s three older siblings all dropped out of high school, her brother to support […]

Did you know that one in every three teachers spends at least $1,000 a year for school supplies, and that first-year teachers spend up to 40 percent more to put together their classroom? This money, according to the Oklahoma City Public Schools Foundation, is from the teacher’s own pocket. With this kind of need for […]