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Billy Joe Dill skipped out of high school shortly before graduation so he could join the Marines in 1944. He was stationed in the Pacific until the war ended, when he returned home and started his life in Frederick. The school district surprised the 85-year-old with a diploma Thursday night. Read More

Graduation season is underway for Oklahoma City Public Schools

May 17, 2013 Graduation season is underway for Oklahoma City Public Schools. Students from Emerson Alternative High School took part in ceremonies Thursday. Read More

Education Department outlines plan for Oklahoma tests disrupted by computer glitches May 02, 2013 Officials at the state Education Department announced their plans for moving forward after about 3,000 tests were disrupted by computer problems earlier this week. Read More

Next: Oklahoma school testing glitch

April 30, 2013 What happens next in the aftermath of the Oklahoma school testing glitch? Read More

Outlook 2013: Oklahoma City superintendent reflects on career, looks to future for district

April 28, 2013 Oklahoma City Superintendent Karl Springer discusses his work and his vision for the district’s future. Read More

Outlook 2013: Elementary school classrooms, curriculum changing in Oklahoma

April 28, 2013 Technology is changing the way students learn in the classroom. Teachers are responding with enthusiasm, and students are the beneficiaries, said Derrel Fincher of the state Education Department. Read More

Outlook 2013: Technology changes high school classrooms

April 28, 2013 Technology is changing the way students learn in the classroom. Advances allow for more collaboration, problem solving and critical thinking, said Derrel Fincher, of the Oklahoma Education Department. Read More

Oklahoma education briefs for April 28 April 28, 2013 EDUCATION BRIEFS OSU students win fellowships Three Oklahoma State University students have received National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. Sunny Evans, Mikayla Marvin and Josh McLoud will receive three years of support for graduate school and research. Evans, of Pawnee, is a masters student... Read More

Report ranks Tulsa's Booker T. Washington top high school in Oklahoma April 27, 2013 Tulsa high school named best in state Read More

More than 25 percent of Oklahoma City Schools seniors lack test credit as graduation looms

April 25, 2013 To earn a high school diploma in Oklahoma, students must first pass state-mandated end-of-instruction exams. As graduation nears for the class of 2013, more than 2,000 students statewide still haven't passed enough tests to graduate, according to the state Education Department. Read More

By the Numbers: End of Instruction exams April 25, 2013 SENIORS ON THE EDGE Officials at the state Education Department released a report Thursday about the status of Oklahoma high school seniors who haven't completed enough state-mandated end-of-instruction exams. The tests are required for students to earn a high school diploma. About 350 of 520 school districts... Read More

Fifth-grade teacher named Oklahoma City's best

April 26, 2013 Heather Meldrum was named the Oklahoma City Teacher of the Year in a ceremony Thursday night. Meldrum is a fifth-grade teacher from Stanley Hupfeld Academy at Western Village. Read More

Teacher of the Year finalists

April 26, 2013 At a glance Teacher of the Year finalists • First Runner-Up: Michael Spellis, a pre-algebra and algebra teacher at Taft Middle School. • Second Runner-Up: Sherry Dew, a seventh-grade geography and Oklahoma history teacher at Webster Middle School. • Susan Bumgarner, a prekindergarten... Read More

Oklahoma education news in brief

April 22, 2013 EDUCATION BRIEFS OSU honors student workers Oklahoma State University has named the school's outstanding student employees for 2013. The Student Employee of the Year is Mrinalini Patil, a biochemistry and psychology senior from Stillwater. She works in the department of microbiology and molecular genetics. She... Read More

Oklahoma City Teacher of the Year to be named April 21, 2013 The 2013 Oklahoma City Public Schools Teacher of the Year will be announced Thursday at an event organized by the Foundation for Oklahoma City Public Schools. Read More

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Carrie Coppernoll is a columnist and reporter. She was named the top personal columnist in Oklahoma in 2009 and 2010 by the Associated Press and Association of Newspaper Editors. She was also named the 2008 Journalist of the Year by the Oklahoma City Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.

She is a graduate of the Leadership Oklahoma City LOYAL program. She earned her bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Arkansas. Before interning at The Oklahoman, she worked at The Baxter Bulletin in her hometown of Mountain Home, Ark.

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carriejacobs I'm alway scared during storm season that a TV broadcast crew will mistake our yard for "storm damage" even when we don't get hit. #okwx
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carriejacobs @emluvsbaseball We are at a friend's house, which has a basement, but we're kind of between the tornados today. Thank God. Eek!
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carriejacobs RT @BryanPainter1: New post: Lowering can be seen from the National Weather Center, Norman LINK
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carriejacobs I am so fascinated by severe weather but so afraid of it. #okwx
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carriejacobs RT @OGandE: Some lightning strikes at substation causing Bellle Isle area outages. Should be back on in about an hour.
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carriejacobs RT @NewsOK: Central Oklahoma residents encouraged to monitor weather as severe storms move in LINK
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carriejacobs RT @gwenmoritz: State Treasurer Martha Shoffner arrested by FBI. @ArkBusiness reported criminal investigation in January. LINK
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carriejacobs AC/DC comes on the radio. Mia: "That's a bad song." #yes
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carriejacobs RT @lookatlauren: Riding in a car with a toddler is like having a tiny drunk person strapped in a carseat next to you. #singing #loud #nowords
Sat, May. 18 2013 03:13:15 PM CST
carriejacobs We are at the Oklahoma Miniature Horse Club Show in Stillwater. Yes, really. LINK
Sat, May. 18 2013 12:15:24 PM CST
carriejacobs RT @ZekeCampfield: It's not the fact that my neighbor talks to cats, it's that she seems to be waiting for them to respond
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carriejacobs RT @SafariVoyageOKC: Now that we're on Twitter, we'll be sending our followers info and photos from @okczoo Lake...hope you like them! LINK
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carriejacobs Oklahoma World War II veteran gets diploma 68 years later: BY CARRIE COPPERNOLL ccoppernoll@opubco.com... LINK #NewsOK
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carriejacobs Me today. “@JournalistsLike: Photo: How most journalists spend Friday afternoon waiting for sources to call back. LINK”
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