A Department of Education attorney still recommended punishment for Tulsa Public Schools, finding that an online teacher training course was based on banned concepts on racial bias.
Some worry about the economic impact of a downgrade in school accreditation on home values and jobs.
A federal audit provides new insight into how Oklahoma failed to properly oversee $39.9 million in federal relief funds meant to support education amid school closures during the coronavirus pandemic.
From opposition funding from teacher’s unions to how many Oklahoma students live in poverty, we looked into candidates’ claims.
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.
An investigation by Oklahoma Watch and The Frontier found money for students spent on TVs and gaming consoles among other purchases.
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.
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.
