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2020 state
Oklahoma Gazette talked with House Minority Leader Emily Virgin to get her response to the governor’s State of the State address.
By Miguel Rios
Tags: State, News, Capitol news, State news, Oklahoma Capitol, governor, Kevin Stitt, House of Representatives, Minority Leader, Emily Virgin, legislative sessio, Legislature, 2020 session, education, health care, tribe, gaming compact, criminal justice reform, Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship, Medicaid expansion, block grant, Healthy Adult Opportunity, private schools, public schools, Washington DC, DC, Donald Trump, Model Gaming Compact, tribal sovereignty, Oklahoma State Legislature, Developmental Disability Services, Digital Transformation Fund, Department of Public Safety, REAL ID, OSU Medical Authority, Veterans Administration, bureaucracy, red tape, Department of Corrections, Pardon and Parole Board, Office of Emergency Management, Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security, Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, Department of Transportation, Joe Newhouse, Senate, Senator, 2020 session, Rainy Day Fund
Summer of change
After a transformational summer, Oklahoma City Public Schools district prepares for its first year under Pathway to Greatness.
Tags: Education, Pathway to Greatness, Sean McDaniel, Oklahoma City Public Schools, OKCPS, Cox Convention Center, Scissortail Park, Skydance Bridge, P2G, education, public schools, elementary schools, art, music, counselors, school buildings, special education, teachers, bus drivers, athletic fields, gyms, school gyms, State Department of Education, Christina Kirk, Teacher of the Year, Fields & Futures, emergency certification, trade-ups, Mary Melon, The Foundation for Oklahoma City Public Schools, STEM centers, instructional leadership directors, Love OKC One Day
Charting education
Oklahoma Gazette looks at what exactly makes a charter school amid scandals surrounding one of the biggest in the state.
Tags: Metro, Public Schools, Charter Schools, Santa Fe South Schools, Oklahoma City Public Schools, Oklahoma education, OklaEd, education, Alicia Priest, Oklahoma Education Association, Oklahoma Public Charter Schools Association, Oklahoma Open Meetings Act, Oklahoma Open Records Act, Oklahoma Charter Schools Act, education funding, school choice, Chris Brewster, CF Educational Solutions, public education, Epic Charter Schools, Kevin Stitt, Joy Hofmeister
Cover: Shadow of doubt
Seven years after DACA was implemented, Dreamers continue wrestling with the uncertainty of their future.
Tags: State, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, Dreamers, immigration, undocumented, Donald Trump, Trump administration, Barack Obama, Obama administration, Denver, Juarez, Colorado, Mexico, college, scholarships, driving, Javier Hernandez, immigration attorney, Tasneem, Al-Michael, Taz Al-Michael, Brisa Ledezma, Miriam Ortega, Yovana Medina, ywca, historic Capitol Hill, Santa Fe south, Merlin Bell, Chelsey Branham, Oklahoma Bar Association, Jalisco, CATO Institute, Migration Policy Institute, economy, American Dream and Promise Act of 2019, deportation, Video
Cover: Prepping schools
After a unanimous vote on the Pathway to Greatness plan, Oklahoma City Public Schools District is working to make sure schools are ready by the first day of next term.
Tags: State, Oklahoma City Public Schools, OKCPS, Sean McDaniel, Rebecca Budd, Carrie Coppernoll Jacobs, Charles Henry, Ruth Veales, Pathway to Greatness, P2G, education, public schools, school closures, school reconfigurations, Alliance for Better Community Schools, T. Sheri Dickerson, Jose Sanchez, Pela Calderon, Christina Simmons
State leaders see low education assessment scores as a starting point for the state to close the achievement gap
By Laura Eastes
Tags: Education, act, Joy Hofmeister, National Assessment for Educational Progress, okcps, Oklahoma academic standards, Oklahoma City Public Schools, Oklahoma State Department of Education, sat, Shannon Ashong, testing, tests
Americans take more antidepressants than any other country in this world, yet we don’t have a health care system that works.
By Christi Nelms
Tags: Letters to the Editor, Chicken-Fried News, Donald Trump, funding, health care, Letters to the Editor, obamacare, OPINION, poetry, politics, public schools, renewable energy, repeal, taxes, trumpcare
Community advocate Kendra Horn seeks to represent central Oklahoma in the U.S. Congress
Tags: Metro, access to health care, al mcaffrey, Capitol Hill, Chickasha, Eddie Ray Porter, government affairs, Grady County, joe dorman, John Jarman, Kendra Horn, middle-class families, Oklahoma Women Lead, Oklahoma's 5th Congressional District, press secretary, public schools, quality public education, Rep. Joe Dorman, Rep. John Jarman, Rep. Steve Russell, Sallys List, Sen. Al McAffrey, Space Foundation, Steve Russell, Tom Guild, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Rep. Brad Carson, Zachary Knight
Just because you’re opposed to abortion doesn’t make you pro-life.
By Frank Silovsky
Tags: Letters to the Editor, abortion, charity, Citizens United, Community, democracy, Donald Trump, education, epa, faith, federal, government, Jack Fowler, letters, Letters to the Editor, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Gazette, OPINION, police, politics, pro life, public schools, ralph shortey, reproductive choice, Russia, state capitol, Supreme Court, washington
Oklahoma’s college students spend over $22 million more to learn what they didn’t master in high school
Tags: State, act, algebra, center for american progress, college, college career math ready, college readiness, education, engineering, geometry, higher education, math, oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Gazette, public schools, sat, science, secondary education, STEM, technology, tuition, university
Classen Ten Penn neighborhood, Plaza District, local artists rally to return art to Eugene Field Elementary
Tags: Community & Lifestyle, arts, Balthazar Hensley, Classen-Ten-Penn, Community, Current Studio, education, Erin Shaw, Eugene Field Elementary, Jason Pawley, Kelsey Karper, Nick Lillard, Nicole Emmons-Willis, okcps, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Gazette, Plaza District, public art, public schools, Sean Vali
Tough decisions
The state’s largest school district eyes a consolidation plan that would drastically affect students and the community.
Tags: Metro, aclu, andrew johnson, budget, budget cuts, Community, consolidation, edgemere, education, edwards, fd moon, gatewood, green pastures, Martin Luther King Jr., neighborhoods, north, Northeast, oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City Public Schools, Oklahoma Gazette, public schools, rogers, Roosevelt, spencer, stand watie, telstar, The Village, thelma r. parks, willow brook
Local task force focuses on improving students' lives
Tags: Education, Black History Month, budget, charter schools, city council, Community, crime, culture, development, economy, education, environment, health, higher education, history, housing, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Gazette, poverty, public schools, public transportation, segregation, spencer, student achievement, taxes
Brothers of Stomp helps young men achieve through movement
Tags: Community & Lifestyle, Active, Black History Month, Community, culture, dance, education, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Gazette, Performing Arts, poverty, public schools, spencer
Chicken-Fried News: Voters vamoose
By Gazette staff
Tags: Commentary, Chicken-Fried News, election, Oklahoma City, public schools, satire
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