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After a spirited round of questioning, an Oklahoma House subcommittee approved a Senate bill to remove a matching-fund requirement for school districts to provide pay raises for their top teachers
The Office of Accountability was created in 1990 to oversee school performance and the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation was created in 1995 to establish standards for teacher candidates. In 2012, Governor of Oklahoma Mary Fallin signed SB 1797 into law, consolidating the two agencies into the single Office of Educational Quality and ...
Gains from last teachers' strike in Oklahoma, in 1990, which resulted in an agreement to lower class sizes, expand kindergarten programs, and increase teacher wages were later reversed due to budget cuts. [6] The decline in funding and subsequent decline in the quality of public education has resulted in the expansion of charter schools in the ...
School Improvement Division - led by three Assistant Superintendents, supports School Improvement help school use data from the Oklahoma School Testing Program to improve instruction in the state-mandated core curriculum (PASS) through workshops and technical assistance on grant and program management, curriculum development and implementation ...
It is the second known major settlement of a civil case against an Oklahoma school district in the last six months. A teacher's sexual misconduct in a small Oklahoma town results in $2.6M lawsuit ...
Participants had to be new or returning to the classroom and teaching special education or pre-K through 3rd grade. Teachers working in rural or high-poverty schools qualified for bigger stipends.
In the first week of February, teachers staged "walk-ins" at schools and some protested at the West Virginia Capitol. [12] The strike proved successful, and inspired those in other states to strike as well. [13] In early April, Oklahoma became the second state to strike, making it the first time a teacher's strike was held in the state since ...
In an interview with NBC News, Ryan Walters discussed his new Bible instruction mandate and the consequences for Oklahoma teachers who don't comply.