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In December 2008, bloggers James Miko and Wayne Fuller accused Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett of working with Steve Kern, the husband of Rep. Sally Kern and pastor of Olivet Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, to make nominations to the Metropolitan Library Commission based on the issue of disallowing children access to such controversial books ...
The board also approved new information literacy standards and financial literacy standards for Oklahoma schools. The rules and standards approved — all by 4-0 votes — by the board on Thursday ...
HB 1775 has been criticized for having a chilling effect on education in Oklahoma. [22] After the bill's passage, a teacher in Dewey, Oklahoma cancelled their lesson plans involving the book Killers of the Flower Moon. [23] Some school districts removed books such as To Kill a Mockingbird, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and A Raisin in the ...
The Oklahoma Library Association (OLA) is a non-profit organization that promotes libraries and library services and provides professional development for library personnel in the state of Oklahoma. OLA is a chapter of both the American Library Association and the Mountain Plains Library Association . [ 2 ]
According to the draft document, the proposed new rules were developed using “Ohio’s Library Guidelines for Learners” from the Ohio Department of Education and “Oklahoma Academic Standards ...
There are currently has 90 titles though some titles do not currently have any active laws. [1] Laws are approved by the Oklahoma Legislature and signed into law by the governor of Oklahoma. Certain types of laws are prohibited by the state Constitution, and could be struck down (ruled unconstitutional) by the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
According to the state Education Department, more than half of Oklahoma’s teachers are 32 to 53 years old, and less than 20% are 31 years old or younger. In short, the Oklahoma teacher workforce ...
Specific services are provided to local school board members and the public school districts in meeting federal civil rights laws and state laws and regulations concerning professional development Financial Services Division - led by Assistant State Superintendent, primary disbursing and auditing for the annual distribution of state funds to ...