Oklahoma faces critical shortage of school counselors
Counselors say they often juggle other duties like testing. The state hasn’t directed funding to help fix the problem.
Jillian Taylor July 10, 2023
Counselors say they often juggle other duties like testing. The state hasn’t directed funding to help fix the problem.
Brianna Bailey July 7, 2023
At a Norman speaking engagement, an audience member pressed Oklahoma’s schools chief on how he thought schools should teach one of the nation’s worst incidents of racial violence without making students feel bad.
Clifton Adcock June 27, 2023
State Superintendent Ryan Walters, then the head of a school reform group, guided shadowy efforts to distribute pandemic funds, leading to millions in questionable spending.
Reese Gorman April 11, 2023
Walters, who had been serving as both Secretary of Education and Superintendent of Public Instruction, was replaced by college professor Dr. Katherine Curry.
Reese Gorman March 27, 2023
House Speaker Charles McCall has vowed to kill any Senate education bills over changes.
Reese Gorman March 9, 2023
House Speaker Charles McCall gave a stern warning to the Senate on Thursday: Hear the House’s education package “as is,” or any Senate education bills will be dead on arrival when they come to the House.
Jennifer Palmer Oklahoma Watch January 31, 2023
Gentner Drummond says his investigation into misuse of pandemic funds will now focus on individuals.
Reese Gorman and Clifton Adcock, The Frontier, and Jennifer Palmer, Oklahoma Watch January 8, 2023
Incoming State Superintendent of Schools Ryan Walters has tendered his resignation from the helm of a nonprofit whose donors include advocates for education privatization and charter schools.
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