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Lack of competitive bidding over reading program software was questioned in suspended Superintendent John Q. Porter’s former school system while he was there, according to a Washington Post report. Failing to seek competitive bids for expanding the same program lies at the top of a notice detailing 21 allegations against Porter that led to his […]

A meeting that originally slated approving MAPS for Kids design reports turned into a forum for voicing anger and frustration to the Oklahoma City Public Schools board Monday night. Nineteen community members signed up to speak at the regularly scheduled meeting, which followed the school board’s suspension of Superintendent John Q. Porter Monday morning. David […]

The application deadline is approaching for Oklahoma high school students interested in participating in a free summer program highlighting the transportation industry, June 1-26. Hosted by Langston University, the four-week, residential Summer Transportation Institute will introduce students to transportation modes and careers through:” field trips, ” hands-on activities and ” presentations. The application deadline is […]

One name change later, Omniplex is now known as Science Museum Oklahoma ” all part of a reinvigorated mission to make the site a more vital tool for the educational community to psych children up about the subject. “Too much of our academic process is memorization and jumping to result, but you don’t know how […]

Oklahoma State University announced today the OSU/A&M Regents voted unanimously to select V. Burns Hargis at the school’s 18th president at a special meeting in Stillwater.   “I love this university. It means so much to me and I want to see it excel and succeed on all fronts. I am grateful for the confidence shown […]

A large group of American Indian people, wearing red armbands suggesting solidarity, gathered to protest telling only one side of Oklahoma history Friday outside the state Capitol.  While crowds converged on Guthrie to commemorate statehood day, the protest ” featuring several speeches, dancing and a drum group ” maintained a notably muted tone. Signs scattered […]

What do Jane Goodall, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. all have in common? They’ve been a part of Oklahoma City University’s Distinguished Speaker Series, and this week, America’s leading dramatist, Edward Albee, joins that group. OCU invites everyone to attend “An Evening with Edward Albee: Improvisation and the Creative Mind” at 7:30 […]

Harding Fine Arts Center, 3333 N. Shartel, will host an open house for prospective students 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6. The center will serve ninth-through 12th-graders next fall.   Principal Sherry Rowan will discuss the school’s philosophy and faculty members will be introduced in the auditorium during the event. A tour of the facility will […]

A former mayor, architectural engineer, community volunteer and alt-rocker ” all products of Oklahoma City Public Schools ” will get props Thursday for their contributions to the city and their fields. At 6:15 p.m. at the Skirvin Hotel, the 2007 Wall of Fame Humanitarian Awards will honor: ” Kirk Humphreys, ” William F. and Kristin […]

Last March, Westmoore High School graduate Mary Masterman won a $100,000 scholarship at the annual Intel Science Talent Search for building an inexpensive yet accurate spectrograph, a device that measures wavelengths to identify the fingerprints of different molecules. The award brought national attention to the budding scientist when “Saturday Night Live”‘s “Weekend Update” segment poked fun […]