Feb 23-March 1 #oklaed News Brief

February 23

The Oklahoman

• Data entry error cited for Chickasha Schools' $2.1M shortage

Edmond Sun

• EPS receives philanthropist’s $263,000 gift

Woodward News

• OERB holding training workshop for teachers

Tahlequah Daily Press

• Students wage war of words at debate contest‍
  

KOCO 5

• Family fights to prevent elementary school from closing as part of Pathway to Greatness plan
  

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February 24

U.S. News & World Report

• Enid Public Schools to enforce a new summer school policy

KJRH 2

• As teacher raise quickly moves through legislature, educators ask for support staff recognition
  

KSWO 7

• Cache Public Schools’ $2.8 million bond construction update
  

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February 25

The Oklahoman

• Board vote nears on OKC school closings plan
• Lindsay Schools dismissed Monday due to threat
  

Tulsa World

• Oklahoma nonprofit works to make college credit more accessible for rural high school students
• Editorial: An Oklahoma school district gets $30,922.45 per student. Does that sound equal?
  

Norman Transcript

• Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence announces 2019 Academic All-State scholars

Enid News & Eagle

• Area students named Academic All-State‍

Journal Record

• Mélon named to National School Foundation board

Lawton Constitution

• Ike teacher receives medal for excellence

Tahlequah Daily Press

• History club tackles project funded by education foundation
  

KFOR 4

• Warrant issued for man suspected of breaking in, stealing thousands of dollars in middle school musical instruments
  

News on 6

• UCLA brings jazz workshop to Tulsa schools‍
• Tulsa Public Schools hosting STEAM Expo on Tuesday
  

KTUL 8

• Some Oklahoma schools would be forced back to a 5-day schedule if Senate bill passes‍
  

News 9

• Trio of bills aim to modernize OK sex education
• Okla. school board member says hundreds of districts would be impacted by 5-day school week

FOX 25

• Noble school board member speaks out against bill requiring five-day school weeks‍
  

The Week

• Teacher finds poem from 1893 in a used book, tracks down the author's family

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February 26

The Oklahoman

• Cutoff date for kindergarten to be debated by full Senate
  

Tulsa World

• Lisa Kramer and Meredith Exline: Tax credit plans would take money from public schools, give it to private schools
• 15 years later: Wasn’t the lottery supposed to fund education? Here’s what happened.
• Epic Charter Schools under investigation by state, federal law enforcement agencies
• New restructured school report cards will be released Thursday, pending vote from state education board
  

Enid News & Eagle

• More and better paid support staff key to improving Oklahoma's schools

Frederick Press-Leader

• Local honored at Oklahoma Mentor Day

Pawhuska Journal-Capital

• Veit brings home top marketing award‍

Norman Transcript

• Hofmeister: School grades can’t be about blame, shame‍

Oklahoma Watch

• Q&A: Oklahoma’s new school grading system
  

Sand Springs Leader

• CPHS student named a 2019 Academic All-State scholar‍

KJRH 2

• Changing the way Oklahoma defines bullying in schools
  

KOCO 5

• Bill aims to give crash course to educators with emergency teaching certificates‍
  

News on 6

• Owasso plans redistricting for elementary schools‍
• Early voting for Sand Springs bond proposals begins Thursday
• Tulsa kindergarten teacher writes book to inspire students

News 9

• OKCPS to address parents at 'Pathway To Greatness' informational meeting‍
  

FOX 23

• FOX23 Investigates: Vaping at school

FOX 25

• EPS: Honors First Amendment rights, teen wearing 'MAGA' hat and Trump flag bullied‍
• New school report cards promise greater transparency‍

Public Radio Tulsa

• New Oklahoma school report cards expected Thursday

Education Week

• I was tired of how politicians treated teachers. So I became a politician

February 27

The Oklahoman

• UCO-based Oklahoma A+ Schools announces Poetry Out Loud state finals
• OKC students asked to tap into creativity for ‘Fix a Leak’ poster contest‍
• Entries sought for June 1 Touch-a-Truck event at UCO‍
• Cutoff date for kindergarten to be debated by full Senate
• Two years later, state report card has new look
  

Tulsa World

• Investigation into Epic Charter Schools: Seven key points you need to know
  

Pauls Valley Daily Democrat

• House passes teacher pay raise, train bills‍
  

Muskogee Phoenix

• Editorial: School grades good; contextual data even better‍

OK Policy

• Increasing the scholarship tax credit hurts public schools and benefits affluent Oklahomans

Journal Record

• Right Thinking: Pathway to Greatness contains consequences‍

Norman Transcript

• Moore High team reaches state mock trial semifinals‍
  

Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise

• Gagan named Teacher of Year

KJRH 2

• Organization helps prepare emergency-certified teachers in Oklahoma
  

KFOR 4

• Oklahoma middle school student arrested after bringing weapon on campus

News on 6

• Development programs for novice teachers held across Oklahoma
• Owasso School District wants community input for redistricting plan
  

KTUL 8

• Epic Charter Schools under state, federal investigation
  

News 9

• Edmond School District reports increase in teacher applicants‍

KXII 12

• Threat causes soft lockdown at Marietta schools

FOX 25

• Epic Charter Schools under state, federal investigation
  

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February 28

The Oklahoman

• State panel approves revamped grade cards
  

Tulsa World

• 'I still think there is a lack of awareness': How Tulsa Public Schools is helping teachers introduce the Tulsa race massacre in classrooms
• First Lady Melania Trump to visit Tulsa on Monday
• See the grades on the new school report cards for Tulsa-area charter schools
• Langston Hughes Academy supporters plead with state Board of Education to save their school
  

Ada News

• Fleet named Francis Elementary's site teacher of the year

McAlester News-Capital

• Local schools react to state report cards‍
  

OSDE

• State Board of Education approves Oklahoma School Report Cards

Journal Record

• Free Market Friday: Showing teachers we care‍

KFOR 4

• School superintendents assess new school report card

News on 6

• First school bond issues in 11 years go before Claremore voters
  

KTUL 8

• Project Oklahoma: New school grading system has some small schools worried‍

News 9

• Rewards for academic growth a focal point in new report cards for Okla. schools‍
  

FOX 25

• Meet our True Sky STEM Teacher of the Month: Christopher Burdine‍
  

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March 1

The Oklahoman

• 19 OKC schools receive 'F' on new report cards
• Putnam City one of few Oklahoma school districts offering child care to teachers‍

Tulsa World

• School leaders say revamped grade cards are better but don't full accomplish goal
• New ImpactTulsa report highlights educational inequities, progress
  

Claremore Daily Progress

• New Rogers County school grades offer better picture of student learning
  

KFOR 4

• Man suspected of stealing school’s instruments found in unusual hiding spot
  

News on 6

• Owasso School District shares redistricting plan
  

Public Radio Tulsa

• New Oklahoma school report cards are out. What's behind them?‍