OKCPS officials announced that 208 teaching positions will be cut next year.
teachers
Posted inNews
Chicken-Fried News: Old days
A local CEO and his wife back all of Oklahoma City Public Schools’ DonorsChoose.org projects.
Posted inNews
Letters to the Editor: December 23, 2015
Oklahoma Gazette provides an open forum for the discussion of all points of view in its Letters to the Editor section. The Gazette reserves the right to edit letters for length and clarity. Letters can be mailed, faxed, emailed to jchancellor@okgazette.com or sent online at okgazette.com. Include a city of residence and contact number for verification. Protect consumers Oklahoma Gas […]
Posted inNews
Commentary: Teaching all students
Nationwide, minority enrollment (Latino, African-American and Asian combined) in public schools is expected to surpass white student enrollment, according to an Aug. 19 report from Education Week and data from the National Center for Education Statistics. This is largely due to Hispanic community growth and is a reality that mirrors what Oklahoma City Public Schools […]
Posted inNews
OKC Public Schools work to close language gap
Heronville sits in a part of southwest OKC that has the highest percentage of students who come from homes in which Spanish is the first language.
Posted inNews
Here are 10 new laws you should know about
As the 2015 legislative season draws to a close — the deadline to end this session is Friday — here are 10 bills that you might not have heard about that were passed into law.
Posted inNews
Letters to the Editor: March 25, 2015
‘Fat ass’ The reason I feel compelled to write about the SAE incident at OU is not about what was said by these young men or the actions taken by President Boren or the university. It’s about, for lack of a more artful phrase, ignorance. I’ve read several iterations of this argument, and I feel […]
Posted inNews
Letters to the Editor: Aug. 20, 2014
Scott Esk, Muslim extremists, Nazis and professional sports owners still have a lot to learn.
Posted inNews
Chicken-Fried News: Pants-off dance off
The first day of school is rough on everybody, no one more than teachers. In a report from KFOR.com, Lorie Ann Hill, 49, a teacher in Wagoner, was caught blowing off some steam in her classroom in a big way. Officials claimed she seemed out of sorts when she showed up for the first day […]
Posted inNews
Letters to the Editor: Aug. 6, 2014
Starting salary isn’t the problem Your Chicken-Fried News piece (News, Chicken-Fried News, “More teachers needed,” July 23, Oklahoma Gazette) on low teacher pay has motivated me to share my two cents. I have been involved in Oklahoma education since 1968, when I began my teaching career at Ulysses S. Grant High School in Oklahoma City. […]