January 19-25 #oklaed News Brief

January 19

The Oklahoman

• OKC district could close as many as 20 schools
  

Ada News

• Bill attempts to prohibit shaming students for not affording lunch
  

January 20

Tulsa World

• John Klein: Bringing Tulsa to kids through Bike Club
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January 21

The Oklahoman

• Educators, business leaders attend OSDE career-planning summit

NonDoc

• Art, STEM, music, PE: OKCPS realignment paths revealed

News 9

• All 'Pathways To Greatness' include OKCPS schools closing
  

FOX 23

• Oklahoma bill would prevent school districts from organizing another shutdown
  

FOX 25

• Catoosa students, other Oklahoma schools in session on MLK Day‍
  

January 22

The Oklahoman

• OKC district to close 12 elementary schools
• Editorial: Tough but needed changes for district

Tulsa World

• Bart Banfield: I'm the assistant superintendent of Oklahoma's largest virtual charter schools, and there shouldn't be winners and losers in school funding‍
• Political payback for the statewide teacher walkout? Slew of newly filed bills aim to punish, limit future protests
  

Oklahoma Watch

• After walkout, what’s next for public education at the Capitol?‍
  

Shawnee News-Star

• Schools everywhere celebrate National School Choice Week

Frederick Press-Leader

• 2019 SWRE Youth Tour finalists named
• School board leaders honored in January‍
• Scholarship deadlines approaching for high school seniors

KFOR 4

• Hugo schools close while officials investigate threat
• Mother shares concerns ahead of OKCPS meeting on school closures
  

News on 6

• Broken Arrow Schools experiments with virtual school day
• Tulsa Public Schools recruiting furloughed government workers
  

News 9

• Ahead of announcement, website leaks OKCPS plan for schools

FOX 25

• OKCPS unveils plan to close more than a dozen schools on 'Pathway to Greatness'‍
  

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January 23

The Oklahoman

• OKC district reveals plans to close schools
• Editorial: Lessons provided in teacher strikes
• Broken Arrow's Donna Gradel among final four finalists for national Teacher of the Year honor‍
• Stitt hopes to rely on expertise of state schools superintendent
• Point of Views: Accountability not an issue with Oklahoma public virtual schools
  

Tulsa World

• Editorial: Texas looks at big teacher pay raises

Edmond Sun

• New legislation impacting Oklahoma’s children
• All capable of learning: Some may take different paths
  

Journal Record

• Consolidation plan raises questions about future use of school properties

Owasso Reporter

• Sen. Dossett says bill will ensure high-stakes federal reading test won’t hold back third-graders
  

Enid News

• Bill could make 4-day school weeks history

KJRH 2

• Broken Arrow teacher a finalist for 2019 National Teacher of the Year
  

‍KFOR 4

• Closer look at the ‘Pathway to Greatness’ plans

News on 6

• North Tulsa Task Force releases recommendations for improving education
  

News 9

• Closures, consolidations coming to OKC Public Schools

January 24

The Oklahoman

• Public weighs in on school closures‍
  

Tulsa World

• Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt taps Secretary of State Michael Rogers as education secretary
• 'New issues keep popping up': Langston Hughes Academy ordered to close by end of June
• Editorial: Legislation threatens to strip striking teachers of their licenses

NonDoc

• Hope, fear: Classen SAS move to Northeast sparks both

Journal Record

• Free Market Friday: Choice is good

State Impact Oklahoma

• Bills aim to add training on consent to patchwork of sex education in Oklahoma schools

Edmond Sun

• Embrace one another’s differences‍

KJRH 2

• New Oklahoma bill would require schools to include guidelines for teacher-student communication
  

KTUL 8

• Langston Hughes Academy stripped of accreditation after Oklahoma Board of Education vote‍

News 9

• OKCPS changes affecting charter schools outside the district‍
• Teachers' group calls walkout retaliation bill 'extreme'
  

FOX 25

• Meet Our STEM Teacher of the Month: Samone Thompson‍
  

January 25

The Oklahoman

• Record percentage earns Oklahoma's Promise scholarship‍

CNN

• Oklahoma bill would revoke teachers' certification if they walk out and protest‍