We fact-checked GOP hopefuls for state superintendent
From opposition funding from teacher’s unions to how many Oklahoma students live in poverty, we looked into candidates’ claims.
After more than 20 years, a scholarship to help students harmed by the Tulsa Race Massacre has new funding
State lawmakers wanted scholarships for the descendants of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, but funding has been scant and students with ties to the 1921 massacre still don’t have priority for awards.
House Democrats call on governor to oust cabinet member over misspent educational relief funds
An investigation by Oklahoma Watch and The Frontier found money for students spent on TVs and gaming consoles among other purchases.
State officials refuse to release a report on a troubled relief program where parents purchased TVs and smartwatches
An attorney for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press says the state has given no valid reason to keep the report secret or delay its release.
Stitt gave families $8 Million for school supplies in the pandemic; They bought Christmas trees, gaming consoles and hundreds of TVs
Oklahoma gave a Florida company a no-bid contract to distribute $18 million in pandemic relief money as a test-run for school vouchers. Now federal investigators are eyeing the deal.
Oklahoma’s failed school voucher bill just the latest battle in an ongoing war
Public education faces increased scrutiny as some lawmakers vow to continue a push to divert more state money to private schools.
At the Oklahoma Legislature, a new flood of bills on school curriculum
Proposals range from limits on discussing current events in the classroom to requiring schools to teach ‘Victims of Communism Day’ lessons.
After banning ‘critical race theory,’ Oklahoma lawmakers seek further school curriculum restrictions
Conservatives link school teachings on empathy to leftist indoctrination, keeping a hot-button culture war issue center stage.
