July 11-17 #oklaed News Brief

July 11

The Oklahoman

• Hofmeister: Mask mandate in schools 'certainly a possibility'

Stillwater News Press

• Stillwater grad receives award in memory of Princess Diana
  

McAlester News-Capital

• Stuart Junior High announces top students
  

Duncan Banner

• Comanche district looks to expand technology with $100,000 grant

Norman Transcript

• Incoming freshman receives award‍
  

July 12

The Oklahoman

• Point of View: Ideas for getting Oklahoma teachers to stay
• New school could bridge gap between south OKC neighborhoods‍
• 'A tough choice': Oklahoma teachers conflicted on return to classrooms
  

Tulsa World

• Editorial: Union needs to shed its connection to an Indigenous racial slur
• Political notebook: OEA president slams DeVos over threat to withhold funding from schools

OSDE

• In light of the first tragic death of a school-aged child from COVID-19, Hofmeister urges Oklahomans to wear masks
  

Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise

• Hofmeister talks 2020-21 school year in the age of COVID-19
  

Chickasha Express-Star

• School restart: Educators anxious, concerned, uncertain
  

KFOR 4

• OSDH reports first pediatric death; State Superintendent urges wearing masks
  

KOCO 5

• Hofmeister urges Oklahomans to wear masks after state's first COVID-19-related pediatric death
  

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July 13

The Oklahoman

• State Fair, charter school, ice cream company among Oklahoma loan recipients
• Opinion: Washington's nickname change begs question — isn't it time some Oklahoma schools switch, too?
• State announces first child to die of COVID-19 in Oklahoma
• OKC board approves $2 million contract for school resource officers
  

Tulsa World

• Epic Charter Schools founders now claim millions in question by State Auditor are “earned” by their for-profit management company

OSDE

• OSDE annual summer conference goes virtual
  

Luther Register

• Education options during Coronavirus
  

Norman Transcript

• Norman Public Schools to outline fall 2020 plan at Tuesday board meeting
  

Velocity OKC

• Google Education evangelist, speaker panel to share philosophy at State of the Schools address

KFOR 4

• Superintendent resigns after state audit reveals problems within special education program at Union City Schools
  

News 9

• Oklahoma considers mask mandate for public schools; Districts prep scattered start plans
  

Public Radio Tulsa

• Tulsa County could use CARES Act funds to help schools acquire PPE
  

KOSU

• "School is vital": Superintendent Hofmeister urges Oklahomans to wear masks in public
  

Vice News

• Betsy DeVos' school-reopening plan is already getting a big fat F
  

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July 14

The Oklahoman

• Tulsa Union Public Schools committee to make recommendation on renaming mascot‍
• Manslaughter counts upgraded against driver who struck Moore High School runners
  

Tulsa World

• Local school board at Oologah-Talala adding new policy controls for teacher misconduct in response to state reprimands
• Union, Jenks school districts offer options for at-school, at-home learning in fall semester
• Sperry Public Schools 2020-21 calendar
  

Owasso Reporter

• Owasso’s Bailey Education Foundation awards record $27,500 in scholarships to 17 students
  

KJRH 2

• Green Country school district's release 2020-21 plans amid pandemic
  

KFOR 4

• As schools restart, educators anxious, concerned about uncertainty
  

KOCO 5

• Norman Public Schools officials discuss changes ahead of school year
• Parents across Oklahoma forced to decide whether to send children back to class
  

News on 6

• Multiple northeastern Oklahoma school districts to require face masks

News 9

• Epic Charter Schools sees spike in enrollment amid pandemic
  

FOX 25

• What could cancel kids going back to school

Public Radio Tulsa

• Jenks Public Schools offering three attendance options for fall
  

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July 15

The Oklahoman

• Epic's Learning Fund should face public audit, virtual school board says
• Editorial: Masks in Oklahoma schools likely this fall?
• OKC schools reverse student mask policy
  

Tulsa World

• Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board wants to weigh in on court case involving Epic

Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise

• Dewey announces first phase of back-to-school plan‍

Norman Transcript

• Remember the children, but don’t forget the educators
  

Journal Record

• Virtual school board to join legal fight for Epic’s records
  

KFOR 4

• Rep. Horn adds language to funding bill requiring additional year notice before cutting funding to rural schools
  

News on 6

• Back to school plans for school districts across the metro‍

FOX 23

• Owasso schools won’t mandate masks or temperature checks for upcoming school year‍

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July 16

Tulsa World

• Editorial: Never too late to do the right thing in eliminating offensive mascot

Journal Record

• Hamilton: Seeking ways to safely reopen schoolhouse doors
  

KFOR 4

• Piedmont High School suspends softball workouts, activities due to possible exposure to COVID-19
• OEA calling on state leaders to implement mask requirement for schools in the fall‍
• Joy Hofmeister addresses whether schools will reopen in the fall
  

KTUL 8

• Teachers scramble for last will and testament

KTEN 10

• Educators ask Oklahoma to require masks at school
  

FOX 25

• Teachers worried about the upcoming school year

KOSU

• Oklahoma education advocates release demands for safely returning to school‍

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July 17

Tulsa World

• Oologah-Talala superintendent's employment status now under discussion amid fallout from state sanctions
  

Ada News

• Vanoss pair to be a part of first-ever shooting sports program at EOSC
  

Daily Ardmoreite

• Public schools prepare for student enrollment, pandemic provisions
  

Muskogee Phoenix

• Chief Chat: New grants available for Cherokee students and families during pandemic
  

McAlester News-Capital

• Stillwater Public Schools lays out reopening plans
  

New York Intelligencer

• America’s teachers face an impossible choice‍