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Big Education Issues at Stake as Supreme Court Hears Religious Charter Case

Linda Jacobson

Trump Education Plan Raises Fears Over Future of Testing and Accountability

Linda Jacobson

The Education Department Asked for Reports of DEI. It Might Get Something Else

Linda Jacobson

Student Absences Have Surged Since COVID. Some Say Parents Should be Jailed

Mark Keierleber

Mysterious Recusal Could Upend Pivotal Supreme Court Charter School Case

Linda Jacobson

Have Charter Schools Become the Gateway Drug for Religion in Public Education? 

Andrew Lewis

Oklahoma Education Officials Pass Pro-Bible Social Studies Standards

Nuria Martinez-Keel

Senate Advances Bill to Ban Corporal Punishment on Disabled Oklahoma Students

Barbara Hoberock

Eyeing a Friendly Supreme Court, Republicans Push for 10 Commandments in Schools

Matt Vasilogambros

Education Department Seeks to Buy Bible Lessons for Oklahoma Elementary School Kids

Jennifer Palmer

Open Enrollment Is a Public School Choice Policy Blue and Red States Can Embrace

Jude Schwalbach

Facing Tighter Budget, Oklahoma Lawmakers Cast Doubt on Walters’ Budget Requests

Nuria Martinez-Keel

Oklahoma Bills Would Restrict Student Cellphone Use, Social Media, Sex Ed

Nuria Martinez-Keel

From Defiant to Compliant, Schools Take Varying Tacks to Possible ICE Raids

Jo Napolitano

As High Court Takes Catholic Charter Case, ‘Stakes Really Couldn’t Be Higher’

Linda Jacobson

Oklahoma Education Chief Endorses Immigration Raids in Schools

Nuria Martinez-Keel

Oklahoma Plan to Check Parents’ Citizenship Could Keep Kids from Going to School

Linda Jacobson

Bill to Require Ten Commandments in Oklahoma Classrooms Resurfaces

Nuria Martinez-Keel

The Year in Education: Our Top 24 Stories About Schools, Students and Learning

Nicole Ridgway

In Close Vote, Texas Approves Reading Program Laden With Bible Lessons

Linda Jacobson

Office of Religious Liberty and Patriotism Opens at Oklahoma Education Department

Nuria Martinez-Keel

‘We’re Here for You’: Election-Fueled Calls to LGBTQ Teen Suicide Hotlines Spike

Beth Hawkins

Oklahoma Graduation Rates at Risk of Dropping Under New Federal Order

Nuria Martinez-Keel

Probe Finds Communication Breakdown at Oklahoma Ed Dept. Under Ryan Walters

Linda Jacobson

Critics Say Ryan Walters Courted Right-Wing Fame as Oklahoma Ed Dept. Fell Apart

Linda Jacobson

32 Oklahomans Ask State Supreme Court to Block School Bible Purchases, Teaching

Nuria Martinez-Keel

Amid GOP Calls for Bible in Public Schools, Some Religious Voters are Tuning Out

Linda Jacobson

Grand Jury: Oklahoma Gov’s Management of Pandemic Programs was ‘Indefensible’

Nuria Martinez-Keel

Oklahoma Changes Criteria for Bible Bids

Nuria Martinez-Keel

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Oklahoma Christian Charter Case

Linda Jacobson

Responding to Post-Pandemic Norms, More States are Lowering Test Standards

Linda Jacobson

Oklahoma Schools Hope Cellphone Bans will Keep Focus on Learning

Nuria Martinez-Keel

Oklahoma Universities and Hospitals Partner to Address Workforce Needs

Tess Vrbin

Skyrocketing Test Gains in Oklahoma Are Largely Fiction, Experts Say

Linda Jacobson

Ryan Walters Urges Oklahoma House to Start His Impeachment ‘Immediately’

Nuria Martinez-Keel

Oklahoma Republicans Call for Impeachment Investigation into Walters

Nuria Martinez-Keel

Oklahoma Board Rescinds Catholic Charter School Founding Contract

Nuria Martinez-Keel

Oklahoma City Schools Issue Guidance on Bible Teaching

Nuria Martinez-Keel

Artificial Intelligence Degree Programs to be Available at Oklahoma Universities

Emma Murphy

Oklahoma Superintendent Unveils Guidelines For How To Teach The Bible In Schools

Kennedy Thomason

Oklahoma’s Largest School Districts Now Led by Black Women, Making State History

Nuria Martinez-Keel

Oklahoma Schools Ordered to Use Bible in History Teaching

Nuria Martinez-Keel

Oklahoma Supreme Court Knocks Down Bid for Virtual Catholic Charter School

Greg Toppo

‘Up in the Air’: Oklahoma Families in Limbo as Courts Decide on Religious Charter

Linda Jacobson

Lack of Bus Drivers Has Schools Across Oklahoma Straining to Fill Gaps

Beth Wallis

Bill Could Allow Oklahoma Districts to Employ Religious Counselors

Nuria Martinez-Keel

‘Are We Being Used as a Test Case?’: Oklahoma Justices Question Catholic Charter

Linda Jacobson

Church v. State: Oklahoma’s High Court to Hear Precedent-Setting Charter Case

Linda Jacobson

Oklahoma Adds Virtual Charter Schools, Concerns About a ‘Saturation Point’ Arise

Nuria Martinez-Keel

If Schools Won’t Ban Kids’ Cell Phones, Some Lawmakers Say They Will

Elaine S. Povich

Oklahoma Officials Under Fire Over Nonbinary Teen’s Death Following School Fight

Beth Hawkins

Sex Education Opt-In Legislation Advances Out of Oklahoma House Committee

Janelle Stecklein

Oklahoma Bills Would Award Tuition to Students with Intellectual Disabilities

Nuria Martinez-Keel

Concerns Rise at Oklahoma Capitol Over Effort to Claw Back Teacher Bonuses

Nuria Martinez-Keel

Oklahoma State University to Bolster STEM Education with Polytechnic Initiative

Carmen Forman

Oklahoma School Districts Report Unusual Delay in Receiving Federal Money

Nuria Martinez-Keel

Oklahoma Receives 30,000 Submissions for Private School Tax Credits

Nuria Martinez-Keel

Oklahoma Education Officials Urge Tulsa to Eye School Closures, Improve Scores

Nuria Martinez-Keel

To Improve Student Outcomes, Oklahoma Lawmakers Should Consider Tackling Hunger

Janelle Stecklein

Proposed Charters Hope to Add Educational Options in Historically Black OKC Community

Nuria Martinez-Keel

Oklahoma Tax Commission Approves Rules for School Choice Tax Credits

Nuria Martinez-Keel

Ryan Walters: How a Beloved Teacher Became Oklahoma’s Top Culture Warrior

Linda Jacobson

Oklahoma Schools Face Substitute Teacher Shortages

Nuria Martinez-Keel

Starting School Before Age 2 Helps Children Avoid Achievement Gaps, Study Finds

Linda Jacobson

COVID Relief Funds Are an Overlooked Resource for Helping Homeless Students

Barbara Duffield

Battle Over Nation’s 1st Religious Charter School Heads to Oklahoma Courts

Linda Jacobson

What a Teacher’s Little Red Book Taught the World About the Tulsa Massacre

Katherine Gilyard

Supreme Court Skirts Question of Whether Charter Schools are Public

Linda Jacobson & Greg Toppo

After Contentious Vote, Hebrew Charter Founder Eyes Jewish School in Oklahoma

Linda Jacobson

Red States Arm Teachers, Fortify Buildings in Another Year of School Shootings

Matt Vasilogambros & Madyson Fitzgerald

Charting New Legal Territory, Okla. Approves First Religious Charter School

Linda Jacobson

Choice Supporters to Catholic Charter School Backers: ‘Proceed with Caution’

Greg Toppo

She Didn’t Think She’d Last a Year; Now She’s the Nation’s Top Teacher

Linda Jacobson

In Oklahoma, Squad of College Students Lead Math Recovery

Marianna McMurdock

Despite ‘Crisis,’ States and Districts Slow to Spend $1B in Mental Health Funds

Linda Jacobson

Oklahoma Board Sidesteps Final Decision on Religious Charter School

Linda Jacobson

In and Out of Class, These Top Teachers ‘Thrive Off Connections’ With Students

Linda Jacobson

Religious Public Schools? A Looming Legal Showdown Over Faith-Based Charters

Andy Smarick

‘The Wild West’: GOP Lawmakers Push to Refuse Billions in Federal School Funds

Linda Jacobson

New Oklahoma Legal Opinion Leaves Vote on Catholic Charter School in Limbo

Linda Jacobson

Public Health Agencies Try to Restore Trust as They Fight Misinformation

Lauren Sausser

OK’s Endorsement of Religious Charter Schools Could Alter Landscape for Choice

Linda Jacobson

Easily Winning 2nd Term, OK Gov. Stitt Plans to Move Forward on School Vouchers

Linda Jacobson

As Oklahoma Governor’s Race Tightens, Voucher Debate Takes Center Stage

Linda Jacobson

Results From Long-Running Study Bolster Case for Universal Pre-K

Linda Jacobson

‘Academic Career Plans’ Have Students Exploring Careers as Early as Kindergarten

David Tobenkin

Relief Funds Help Districts Find Homeless Students Lost During Pandemic

Linda Jacobson

As Districts Spend Relief Funds, Auditors Say ‘Business is Booming’

Linda Jacobson

Oklahoma Bets on School Counseling Corps to Address ‘Mental Health Deserts’

Linda Jacobson

GOP-Led States, Ed Dept. Headed for ‘Showdown’ Over Transgender Students’ Rights

Linda Jacobson

Exclusive: Large Districts Losing Students; Boom Towns, Virtual Schools Growing

Linda Jacobson

Three Lawsuits to Weigh the Most Explosive Issues in Schools this Year

Asher Lehrer-Small

ACLU Lawsuit Looks to Take Down Oklahoma’s CRT Teaching Ban

Asher Lehrer-Small

Reimagined Summer School in Tulsa Draws 11K Students

Asher Lehrer-Small

Oklahoma Latest State to Mandate H.S. Citizenship Test

Jo Napolitano

Remembering Tulsa’s Race Massacre — and Recognizing a Story of Black Resilience

Heather Greenwood Davis

How Students in Oklahoma Are Digitally Rebuilding Tulsa’s Black Wall Street

Kristi Eaton

Oklahoma Law Forbids K-12 Vaccine Requirements

Asher Lehrer-Small

Teaching Tulsa’s ‘Hard History’ After State Restricts Antiracist Instruction

Asher Lehrer-Small

Competitors or Collaborators: Some School Closure Orders Look to Restrict Virtual Charters to Protect Brick-and-Mortar Schools During Coronavirus Crisis

Rachel Cohen
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