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Governor:Mary Fallin
State Superintendent of Public Instruction:Janet Barresi
Quality Counts state grade:C+
Pre-K-12 enrollment:659,828
Number of school districts:532
Number of public schools:1,785
Number of public school teachers:41,278
Unadjusted education spending per student:$7,929
Percent minority students:45.4%
Percent of students eligible for free/reduced price lunch:60.5%
Percent of students with disabilities:14.7%
Percent of English-language learners:6.3%
NAEP Mathematics 2011 percent proficient
4th grade math:33.5%
8th grade math:27.3%
NAEP Reading 2011 percent proficient
4th grade reading:26.6%
8th grade reading:26.7%

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California, Massachusetts, and Oklahoma are working on ways to promote, and measure, creativity and innovation in their schools.
February 2, 2012 - Education Week
The days of students skipping class without their parents finding out or hiding grades may be in the past as school districts embrace technology and instant notifications.
November 28, 2011 - McClatchy-Tribune
After suffering legislative setbacks, unions and other critics of states' new education laws sue to overturn them.
September 27, 2011 - Education Week
An analysis shows that the number of Oklahoma public school students doing schoolwork through computer-based programs has increased nearly 400 percent over three years.
August 30, 2011 - Education Week
Oklahoma would be in a class by itself if lawmakers approve a plan to remove the six appointed members of the state Education Board and replace them with statewide officials.
March 7, 2011 - McClatchy-Tribune
A bid to loosen Florida’s class-size limits headed toward defeat, as did dueling measures in Oklahoma that centered on school funding.
November 3, 2010 | Updated: March 23, 2012 - Education Week
Four Tulsa-area districts say they won't comply with a new state law providing private-school scholarship money for students with disabilities.
October 14, 2010 | Updated: March 23, 2012 - Education Week
Long before it was on the national agenda, data was the name of the game in Western Heights, Okla.
June 3, 2009 - Education Week

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