Texas is really feeling their oats ever since the Oklahoma teacher of the year moved to the Lone Star State due to a higher salary and better infrastructure. Drivers on Classen Boulevard might’ve noticed a new billboard that reads, “Your future is in a Fort Worth classroom. Teacher starting salary $52,000.” It’s one of several […]
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Walk, run
The moment Lauren Richter, a fifth-grade teacher in Shawnee, decided to run for office came during the fourth day of the statewide teacher walkout, when educators and their allies continued to demand additional funding for public schools. Educators filled the state Capitol to capacity. Thousands of teachers remained outside the building. “There was no one […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Emergency education
The state Legislature failed to pass a bill for a penny sales tax toward education; meanwhile, the state issued 1,100 emergency teacher certifications and still has vacancies.
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Teacher leadership program empowers Oklahoma educators
Oklahoma Teacher of the Year Shawn Sheehan was in the initial class of the OKMath/OKSci Leadership Program.
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Shawn Sheehan was named Oklahoma’s 2016 Teacher of the Year.
A special education teacher from Norman High School will travel around Oklahoma and serve as Teacher of the Year in 2016.