April 24-30 #oklaed News Brief

April 24

Tulsa World

• State school board's vote to settle charter school funding lawsuit was 'shameful overreach,' new TPS lawsuit says

Purcell Register

• State school board's vote to settle charter school funding lawsuit was 'shameful overreach,' new TPS lawsuit says
  

KFOR 4

• Putnam City School Board authorizes legal action against State Board of Education
  

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April 25

Oklahoma City Free Press

• Putnam City Schools latest to start legal action against state Board of Ed

Enid News & Eagle

• Editorial: Support honored

Norman Transcript

• Standridge advocates for anti-diversity training bill
  

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April 26

NonDoc

• Podcast: The joy of hassling the Hof(meister)

Journal Record

• MAPS for Kids nears completion
  

KJRH 2

• Tulsa Public Schools opens 2nd enrollment window for 2021-22 school year
  

KOCO 5

• No one injured after vehicle crashes into classroom at Brink Junior High
  

News on 6

• Epic avoids termination hearing, agrees to new contract with Oklahoma State Board
  

News 9

• Western Heights students return to in-person learning
• $9 million in COVID relief funds coming to support Okla. students experiencing homelessness
• State Virtual Charter School Board considering Epic settlement
  

KTEN 10

• Texoma schools benefit from summer feeding program expansion
  

KOSU

• Oklahoma bill requiring better student tribal data collection signed into law
• Epic Charter Schools agrees to enact major reforms
  

April 27

The Oklahoman

• Epic's 'turbulent chapter' ends with settlement
• 'This is all I’ve got': Why Choctaw baseball is an 'extended family' for grieving players
  

Tulsa World

• Virtual Charter School Board ends Epic Charter Schools termination proceedings as part of deal
  

NonDoc

• ‘Get it done’: Rural Oklahoma schools are a labor of love
  

McAlester News-Capital

• McAlester baseball coach resigns
  

Muskogee Phoenix

• Dyce honored by Soroptimists
  

City Sentinel

• OKCPS encourages eligible 8th, 9th and 10th graders to apply for Oklahoma’s Promise scholarship program
  

KJRH 2

• Bixby West makes its playground more inclusive with new wheelchair swing
  

KOCO 5

• Enrollment underway for new, dual-language charter school in Oklahoma City
  

FOX 25

• Bilingual, cross-cultural elementary school open for pre-k through 1st grade

Public Radio Tulsa

• Oklahoma receiving $10M in federal COVID relief funding for students experiencing homelessness

KGOU

• Epic Charter Schools agrees to major reforms
  

People.com

• Driver crashes vehicle into Okla. junior high school classroom after putting car in wrong gear‍
  

April 28

The Oklahoman

• Achievers: OSSM president awarded Meritorious Service Award
• Retired Oklahoma educator's camp gives kids hands-on farm experience
  

Tulsa World

• Broadband, education funding at the top of Oklahoma House's to-do list
  

Argus Press

• SONIC Drive-In commemorates Teacher Appreciation Month with $1.5 million donation match and free drink offer
  

Lawton Constitution

• Spring benchmark scores in Comanche County schools show students exceeding expectations despite COVID-19

Woodward News

• Woodward releases summer school plans
  

OSDE

• Hofmeister applauds Health Education Act, impact on Oklahoma

News on 6

• Oklahoma school districts adjust mask policies ahead of summer break
• The efforts to share lessons of Tulsa’s once-hidden past with Oklahoma students
  

FOX 25

• Gov. Stitt signs legislation requiring students to pass citizenship test‍‍
  

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April 29

Tulsa World

• Oklahoma schools to get $9.78 million for students facing homelessness

Cherokee Messenger & Republican

• Burlington BOE reemploys staff
  

Claremore Daily Progress

• Stitt pens citizenship test for graduates into law
  

Edmond Life & Leisure

• EPS custodian is top state support employee
  

KFOR 4

• Bill that protects due process for Oklahoma teachers signed into law
  

News 9

• The Tulsa Race Massacre: Educating for the future
  

Federal News Network

• Oklahoma House OKs ban on teaching critical race theory
  

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April 30

Tulsa World

• Oklahoma's House sends legislation intended to deflect criticism of white males in classrooms to governor

News 9

• OKCPS set to unveil new learning platform for students
  

KOSU

• Epic Schools settlement, initiative petitions, anti-abortion bills and more