March 20-26 #oklaed News Brief

March 21

The Oklahoman

• Two Mustang students killed in car accident

The Frontier

• Republican tax cut plans could eliminate $100 million in Oklahoma education funding
  

Cherokee Phoenix

• American Indian Resource Center offers scholarship opportunities
  

Seattle Times

• COVID-19 changed schooling profoundly — in some ways, for the better
  

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March 22

Tahlequah Daily Press

• Applications being taken for free STEM Summer Academies

KJRH 2

• Tulsa Public Schools board member lives out experience of students' homelessness
  

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March 23

Tulsa World

• Tulsa Public Schools ’21-’22 calendar set with plans for in-person classes five days a week
  

Purcell Register

• Legislature honors former Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Keith Ballard

The Frontier

• Her son shared thoughts of suicide in a class paper. The school never told her.

Tahlequah Daily Press

• Grant helps with Lowrey students' food security
  

KFOR 4

• Oklahoma lawmakers push to cut state taxes but some say it is at the expense of education
  

KTUL 8

• Arming teachers better for rural school districts, Bixby superintendent says

News 9

• Teachers union 'not convinced' social distancing can safely be cut to 3 feet

FOX 25

• New bill encourages play-based learning in Oklahoma

KRMG 102.3

• Dr. Keith Ballard honored by the Oklahoma legislature
  

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March 24

Tulsa World

• State Board of Education's deadline for $11.2 million repayment by Epic Charter Schools passes with no payment
• Editorial: Keep Oklahoma's Promise to not add burdens to low-income families
  

KFOR 4

• Senate bill wants to require Oklahoma’s Promise scholars who don’t graduate to pay back the state
  

KOCO 5

• Oklahoma superintendent believes arming teachers works better for rural districts
  

News on 6

• Norman superintendent, OSSAA meet to discuss racist comments at state basketball tournament
  

KOSU

• Homeschooling nearly tripled in Oklahoma during the pandemic
• Epic Charter Schools misses state deadline for $11.2 million repayment
  
  

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March 25

The Oklahoman

• After COVID-19 closed Oklahoma schools, state tests to determine toll of classroom 'crisis'
• Oklahoma charter schools granted local tax revenue in 'seismic' settlement
  

Tulsa World

• TPS programs highlighted at national summit
  

NonDoc

• State board examining accreditation of Western Heights Schools
  

KFOR 4

• State Board of Education discusses possible action against Epic Charter Schools
  

KOCO 5

• 14-year-old killed in overnight shooting
  

News 9

• Impactful Teacher Of The Month: Mindy Cash
  

KOSU

• Tulsa Public Schools administrators share cautious coronavirus approach on national stage
  

KGOU

• OK's State Board Of Education votes to settle suit, funneling more public money to charter schools
  

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March 26

Tulsa World

• Stitt staffers' tweets criticizing Tulsa Public Schools get chilly online reception
  

NonDoc

• Students need more than a citizenship test to prepare for civic engagement‍

KFOR 4

• OKCPS employee honored as ‘Superhero in Scrubs’‍