Bella Cornell, 17, remembers the day in middle school when her classmates asked her if she was a cannibal. The only Native American student in her Oklahoma City public school, Cornell was in history class when her teacher began describing Native Americans as savage barbarians who ate human flesh. When her peers asked her if […]
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Letters to the Editor: Dec. 14, 2016
I truly wanted to thank Mrs. Anderson and tell her how much reading her letter meant to me, a lower-income Native female scared of the next four years. It is so nice to know that there are people out there who truly know the consequences of what we’ve let happen to our country.
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Teen Recovery Solutions screens Generation Found documentary Dec. 14
The documentary focuses on Houston recovery high school Archway Academy.
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The Pollard Theatre presents campy production Heathers: The Musical
The stage production is based on the ’80s cult classic that helped launch the careers of Winona Ryder and Christian Slater.
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Big-time football finds its home in the small Oklahoma County town of Luther
High school football is no-nonsense in the Sooner State. On Friday nights — in stadiums dotted across all 77 counties — high school athletes stride onto fields with dreams and goals.
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OKC public transit offers students affordable, flexible alternative to school busing
An Embark-issued Haul Pass photo ID allows qualified riders unlimited use for a $10 monthly fee.
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Summer program gives students hands-on experience in health field
VOLUME Summer Program allows high schools students to gain experience training at The Children’s Center Rehabilitation Hospital in Bethany.
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Outrage easier to evoke on sports than other school issues
The Douglass High School playoff controversy shows it can be easier to draw attention to inequality on the football field than in the classroom.
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Skirting the law?
Credit: Brad Gregg The allegations arose when Zeke Campfield, state Capitol reporter for the Oklahoma City daily, turned up at the Moore High School graduation at the Cox Convention Center. Several witnesses said they saw Campfield repeatedly bumping into girls between the ages of 13 and 21 — despite the area not being crowded — […]
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School daze
The annual report measures schools by several factors, including college readiness, algebra proficiency, English proficiency and student/teacher ratio. On a state level, Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa was rated No. 1, ranking 325th nationally. Most of the state’s top 10 were in the metro. Classen School of Advanced Studies nabbed the second spot […]