Oklahoma

Okla. Schools Struggle With Budgets Amid New Cuts

December 21, 2009 - AP

Lottery Education Dollars Slipping in Okla.

June 9, 2009 - AP

Long before it was on the national agenda, data was the name of the game in Western Heights, Okla.

June 3, 2009 - Education Week

Lawmakers in Oklahoma Move to Establish Office on Data Systems, Testing

Oklahoma lawmakers have sent the governor a measure that would move the office that analyzes student test scores out of the state education department.

April 28, 2009 - Education Week

Teacher Salary Schedules a 'Tall Mountain to Climb'

February 23, 2009 - Education Week

News Briefs

Music Education

January 26, 2010 - Education Week

Okla. Bill Would Change Funding of Programs for Disabled Students

The bill would qualify special-needs students for a state-funded scholarship to attend any school accredited by the state board of education.

January 26, 2010 - Education Week

Oklahoma Governor Appoints Strategist in Bid for Federal Grants

Tulsa Mayor Kathy Taylor will return to Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry's administration to prepare the state for federal education grants that reward innovation in the classroom.

October 6, 2009 - Education Week

Group Faults Oklahoma Districts for Lack of Web Site Information

A nonprofit group that performed a study of Oklahoma school district Web sites this summer says most didn’t meet basic criteria for transparency for taxpayers.

September 1, 2009 - Education Week

Oklahoma Judge Rules Charter Law Does Not Violate State Constitution

An Oklahoma County, Okla., judge has ruled a 1999 law that allowed the creation of charter schools in the state is constitutional.

April 28, 2009 - Education Week

‘Viewpoints’ Clash On Law Protecting Religious Beliefs

There’s nothing like legislation on the issue of religious tolerance to test the limits of tolerance.

June 3, 2008 - Education Week

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Oklahoma City Panel Considers Dismissal of Superintendent

John Q. Porter is facing allegations that include improper billing of the district for some expenses.

January 18, 2008 - Education Week

U.S. Audit Raps Oklahoma on Migrant-Student Eligibility

An audit of three Oklahoma school districts has found that 98 percent of the children the districts counted as participants in the federal migrant education program during the 2003-04 school year didn’t meet eligibility requirements.

April 11, 2006 - Education Week

Experts: Graduation Rates Low, Falling in the South

Experts warned Southern education leaders meeting here that falling graduation rates may threaten the region’s progress in improving students’ test scores, access to preschool, and other advances in recent years in the poorest region of the United States.

June 29, 2005 | Updated: May 15, 2010 - Education Week (Web)

States Raise Bar for High School Diploma

It has been less than six months since the nation’s governors gathered for a summit on high schools, and already at least half a dozen states have enacted policies that require students to complete tougher academic programs to earn a diploma.

June 21, 2005 - Education Week

Okla. District Picks Path Less Followed for English-Learners

In a demographic shift that is ahead of the state as a whole, but representative of many small towns in the region, Hispanics make up nearly 27 percent of the enrollment in the 800-student Hennessey school district, up from 18.2 percent in the 2000-01 school year. The district is one of four in Oklahoma to launch a two-way language-immersion program.

May 3, 2005 - Education Week

Voters Largely Reject Funding, Policy Shifts

Voters showed caution about sending more money to public schools or dramatically changing course on education policy, as they decided school-related questions on state ballots last week.

November 9, 2004 - Education Week

Oklahoma Pre-K Program Found Effective

Oklahoma's five-year effort to make prekindergarten available to all 4-year-olds in the state is paying off, especially for Hispanic and African-American children, a new evaluation shows.

October 29, 2003 - Education Week

Okla. District, Muslim Student Dispute Head Scarf

Nashala Hearn, a 6th grader who attends the 400-student Benjamin Franklin Science Academy in Muskogee, Okla., was suspended for a total of eight days this month for violating the district's dress code. The girl's parents said she wore the veil for religious reasons, and they have threatened to sue the district.

October 22, 2003 - Education Week

Training of Okla. Reading Teachers in Doubt

After training thousands of teachers over the past five years in a massive effort to raise reading achievement, Oklahoma officials are worried that the exercise may have been for naught.

February 19, 2003 - Education Week

Achieve Says Okla. Sends 'Mixed Signal' on Goals

September 11, 2002 - Education Week

Okla., Ore. Bump Up Charter Law States to 36

June 23, 1999 - Education Week

Tougher Graduation Requirements Rebuffed in Oklahoma

March 31, 1999 - Education Week

School-Trust Lands on the Auction Block in Okla.

October 16, 1996 - Education Week

Okla. Governor Vetoes High-Profile Reform Measure

July 10, 1996 - Education Week

Okla. Officials Debate School-to Work Oversight