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2,000 Oklahoma high school students may not receive diplomas Published: Mon, May 28, 2012 The class of 2012 is the first group of Oklahoma high school seniors that have to pass a round of state exams before receiving their high school diplomas. As graduation season winds down, about 2,000 students still haven't passed those tests. Read More
Oklahoma Senate adjourns slightly early after waiting on House Published: Fri, May 25, 2012 The Oklahoma Senate already had considered most of the key legislation by Friday — the last day of the four-month legislative session — and moved quickly, with few questions and fewer debates on bills before they were passed, often with unanimous consent. Read More
Oklahoma legislative session ends with no deals on tax cut, Capitol repairs Published: Fri, May 25, 2012 The Oklahoma Legislature's session may be remembered for no personal income tax cut and a failure to finance a plan to repair and renovate the nearly 100-year-old state Capitol. Read More
Oklahoma Board of Education outlines diploma appeals process Published: Fri, May 25, 2012 The state Board of Education established an appeals process for students who do not pass 4 of 7 end-of-instruction comprehensive exams. Read More
State Superintendent Janet Barresi says flat education funding will result in $11.5M shortfall Updated: Thu, May 24, 2012 State Superintendent Janet Barresi said Thursday that it appears education will see a shortfall of $11.5 million in the activities fund in next year due to an expected flat budget. Read More
Midwest City-Del City Schools announces changes in elementary school leadership Published: Wed, May 23, 2012 Midwest City-Del City Schools has announced changes in elementary school leadership. New principals are taking over as some leave the district or move to other sites. Read More
Oklahoma lawmaker's bid to dump grading system for public schools fails Published: Wed, May 23, 2012 Oklahoma lawmaker says the A-F grading system is confusing and misleading. Read More
State laws can't cover every problem stemming from bullying Published: Mon, May 21, 2012 KIRK Smalley isn't exaggerating when he says bullying is a life-or-death matter. We've all heard the stories of children who killed themselves after relentless teasing and bullying. Smalley's son, Ty, committed suicide two years ago. Ty's parents believe their son had grown weary of being bullied. Smalley appeared... Read More
School boards head says more education funding a must in Oklahoma Published: Wed, May 16, 2012 Some lawmakers and the governor are saying next year's budget will be flat. To them this means no increases in funding and no decreases. To everyone else, this isn't the status quo. Flat equals a cut. Many Republican and Democrat legislators understand this fact and continue to stand up for public education. With... Read More
High schools: Terry Long leaving Douglass to become Mustang's new boys basketball coach Published: Mon, May 14, 2012 Long coached his alma mater to three consecutive Class 4A state championships. Read More
Oklahoma students rally against bullying Updated: Fri, May 11, 2012 Six students in Oklahoma have committed suicide so far this year because of being bullied, a lawmaker says. She says she will revive efforts to get legislation passed next year that would require public schools to have a bullying policy and add cyberbullying to Oklahoma's anti-bullying laws. Read More
New NCLB law will impede education excellence Published: Fri, May 11, 2012 “New standards help shore up education deficiencies” (Our Views, May 3) rightly linked state policy decisions and educational progress. But federal policy decisions matter, too. A U.S. House of Representatives committee recently passed legislation to reauthorize the controversial No Child Left Behind Act. But... Read More
Oklahoma City School Board discusses charter school contracts Published: Tue, May 8, 2012 The Oklahoma City School Board voted to allow Northeast Academy for Health Sciences and Engineering to become an enterprise school. The board also listened to requests from several charter schools to change their contracts, and it denied an application to create Meridian Academy Elementary School. Read More
Shelving of school board election bill was right move by Legislature Published: Sat, May 5, 2012 Often when Oklahoma's education bureaucracy opposes a measure at the state Capitol, our legislators think they must be on the right track. Sometimes I agree with them. Being on both our local school board and a conservative Republican, I know the education establishment tends to oppose those things they fear will... Read More
Gov. Mary Fallin signs rules implementing A-F grading system for public schools Published: Thu, May 3, 2012 An Oklahoma legislative committee started the process to disapprove the rules. Both the House of Representatives and the Senate would have to disapprove a measure to scuttle the A-F grading system rules. Read More
Barresi urges Oklahoma lawmakers not to roll back graduation tests Updated: Wed, Jan 11, 2012 OKLAHOMA CITY -- The approaching era of high stakes graduation testing is necessary to ensure an Oklahoma high school diploma has value, state Superintendent Janet Barresi told lawmakers Wednesday. “I think this is a minimum requirement for Oklahoma to hand a diploma to a student,” Barresi said at a state... Read More
Tulsa Public Schools closure plan approved Updated: Tue, May 3, 2011 The Tulsa school board's decision is in: Fourteen school buildings will shut down next month, and a change in grade configurations at nearly every remaining school will get under way. Approved by a 5-2 vote Monday evening, the Project Schoolhouse efficiency initiative will eliminate 5,600 of 10,400 empty seats and... Read More
Gov. Mary Fallin seeks federal declaration for Atoka tornado Updated: Mon, Apr 18, 2011 Gov. Mary Fallin is seeking a federal disaster declaration for Atoka County in the wake of a deadly tornado that swept through the southeastern Oklahoma town of Tushka. Two people were killed and 43 others were injured when the tornado struck the town on Thursday. Preliminary damage assessments indicate the storm... Read More
Gilpin replaced on state Board of Education Updated: Thu, Mar 31, 2011 Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has replaced a leader of a high-profile struggle between the state Board of Education and new state schools Superintendent Janet Barresi. Read More
Boynton-Moton district to close June 30 Updated: Thu, Mar 24, 2011 OKLAHOMA CITY - The State Board of Education took action Thursday afternoon to remove the accreditation of the Boynton-Moton Public School District. The school will officially close on June 30. Department of Education spokesman Damon Gardenhire said the decision was based on a number of noncompliance issues... Read More
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