Nov. 7-13 #oklaed News Brief

November 7

Duncan Banner

• Dreams of Our Children: Rural education is rural economic development

NonDoc

• The week in coveducation: OKCPS bringing students back, coalition calls for mask mandate

Shawnee News-Star

• Tecumseh school one of Oklahoma Arts Council’s Fall Classroom Supply Grant Recipients
  

News 9

• The Hot Seat: The efficacy of masks & mask mandates for schools
• OKCPS parents, teachers gather to express return-to-school concerns
  

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November 8

Okemah News Leader

• Wes Watkins Technology Center superintendent celebrates retirement
  

Pawhuska Journal-Capital

• Oklahoma Arts Institute offers free online workshops for educators
  

KTUL 8

• Bixby elementary to also begin distance learning due to COVID

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November 9

The Oklahoman

• Teachers protest at contentious OKC school board meeting
• Bixby, Broken Arrow districts close additional schools for two weeks amid COVID outbreaks
  

Tulsa World

• TPS pre-K, kindergarten students return to the classroom Monday
  

Muskogee Phoenix

• Hilldale Schools and Fort Gibson secondary schools go to distance learning through month
  

NonDoc

• OKCPS Board of Education hears safety concerns
  

KFOR 4

• OKCPS allows in-person learning to start Tuesday; teachers, parents beg the board to reconsider
  

KOCO 5

• Some OKCPS teachers concerned about returning to classrooms as COVID-19 cases shatter record
  

News on 6

• Teacher of the day: Tera Webb
• Union School Board votes unanimously to discontinue use of 'Redskins' mascot
  

FOX 25

• OKCPS students return to classrooms this week
• Teachers protest OKCPS plan to return students to classroom
• Some teachers say it's not the right time to return to class

KOSU

• More than half of Oklahoma's school districts have reported COVID-19 cases
  

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November 10

The Oklahoman

• Some OKC parents excited about kids' return to classrooms; some teachers, not so much
  

NonDoc

• ‘Somebody has to step up’: Board of Education asked to issue school mask mandate

Ada News

• Ada City Schools' Nurse Alicia Cupps selected for CDC program
  

Muskogee Phoenix

• okPORK provides Warner educator with Ag in the Classroom Grants
  

Owasso Reporter

• Owasso educators seeking arts-based teaching strategies can apply to OK Fall Arts Institute

Chickasha Express-Star

• Pressure for mask mandate increases for state school board

Woodward News

• Local teachers requesting mask mandate in schools
  

KFOR 4

• One of Oklahoma’s largest school districts back to in-person learning as COVID-19 cases climb
• Edmond elementary school moving to remote learning until end of November
  

KOCO 5

• Teacher expresses concerns as OKCPS students return to class for in-person learning
  

News on 6

• New trail connecting 2 Jenks schools to serve as history lesson
  

News 9

• OKCPS to return to in-person learning; Teachers voice concerns
  

FOX 25

• Edmond elementary school moves to remote learning due to COVID-19 isolations, quarantine

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November 11

The Oklahoman

• Editorial: Mask mandate coming to Oklahoma schools?
• Project 'bridging the gap' for Bodine Elementary School students
  

NonDoc

• How one district does kindergarten in a pandemic

Shawnee News-Star

• Sequoyah Elementary School counselor being honored on Veterans Day
  

Enid News & Eagle

• Grant to help Leonardo's, Eisenhower Elementary offer art to students
  

KFOR 4

• Eligibility for digital wallet grant expands to help more Oklahoma families
• Edmond school district offers incentives for substitutes as one elementary switches to virtual learning until after Thanksgiving Break
  

Joplin Globe

• Pressure for mask mandate increases for Oklahoma schools
  

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November 12

The Oklahoman

• Stitt, lawmakers call for audit of state Education Department
• Oklahoma state school board doesn't budge on mask policy
  

Tulsa World

• Epic Charter Schools fallout: Governor says he will work with lawmakers who want audit of Oklahoma Department of Education
• COVID-19: Jenks Public Schools becomes latest district to send secondary students to distance learning
  

State Impact Oklahoma

• Oklahoma’s State Board of Education begs local school leaders to mandate masks‍
  

Shawnee News-Star

• Pleasant Grove latest school to install various medical lockboxes
  

Daily Ardmoreite

• Multiple county schools move to distance learning, state board of education urges mask usage
  

KJRH 2

• Gov. Stitt calls for audit into State Department of Education
  

KFOR 4

• McLoud Public Schools switching to virtual learning
• Oklahoma elementary students bring celebrations to veterans

FOX 25

• Oklahoma State BOE refuses to issue mask mandate for a 2nd time

Public Radio Tulsa

• Oklahoma state testing window for current school year extended 3 weeks
• Jenks moving secondary school students to distance learning‍
  

WRAL.com

• White House task force: COVID in Oklahoma is 'unyielding'‍
  
  

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November 13

The Oklahoman

• Epic Charter School's standing in doubt as new concerns arise
• Oklahoma state school board doesn't budge on mask policy

Tulsa World

• State Board of Education again leaves mask issue to local districts despite push from Oklahoma physicians, child advocacy group
• Epic Charter Schools gets a pass on accreditation downgrade from state Board of Education
  

KFOR 4

• Oklahoma Board of Education votes against mask mandate a second time
  

KOCO 5

• OKCPS students could return to virtual learning if county hits red level of COVID-19 spread
  

KXII 12

• Ardmore High School going online for COVID-19
• Tishomingo Schools move to distance learning for COVID-19‍