Several statewide agencies, including Oklahoma Department of Education, are struggling with unwanted visitors. This time, however, instead of teachers or parents asking for better funding and support, it’s those pests nobody seems to know if you spell as one word or two: bedbugs. (AP style rules. Sorry.) Oliver Hodge Memorial Education Building is a five-story […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Needs improvement
Melania Trump managed a surprisingly not-horrible public relations move last week when she visited Dove School of Discovery in Tulsa. Sans her “I really don’t care, do u?” jacket, colonizer pith helmet and Santa-mocking husband, the first lady visited with students about kindness as part of a three-state tour promoting her “Be Best” anti-bullying initiative. […]
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Oklahoma Department of Education and OSU train nutritionists to better meet meal standards
Cooking For Kids classes are offered at Francis Tuttle Technology Center and in Tulsa, Okmulgee, Stillwater, Alva and Bartlesville.
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KIPP OKC students take on community leaders in a fundraising quiz-bowl challenge
The event will be hosted by former Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Turpen and former Oklahoma City Mayor Kirk Humphreys.
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Students in small schools thrive despite talks of consolidation
Community support and parental involvement in these districts add to students’ ability to succeed.
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OETA celebrates 60 years on air as it faces new challenges
OETA operates under 45 percent fewer funds than it did in 2009.
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Oklahoma teachers face new professional development plan
Organizations that provide professional development classes for Oklahoma teachers had to rethink their seminars in light of budget cuts.
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A reluctant partnership?
Karl Springer Shannon Cornman Two Oklahoma City Public Schools have landed on the highest-priority school improvement list: Shidler Elementary School and Roosevelt Middle School. An Oklahoma City charter school, Santa Fe South Middle School, originally was on the list, too, but is getting further consideration. The process of determining which schools are in need of […]