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The number of educators leaving the profession has increased, while enrollment in Oklahoma colleges of education declined 86% between 2008 and 2021, the most of any state, an analysis by Penn ...
J.B Perky was the first director. In 1966, Oklahoma technology center school districts were formed, and in 1967, Tri County Tech became the state's first area vocational-technical school. On July 1, 1968, the Oklahoma State Board of Vocational and Technical Education was established as a separate entity from the State Department of Education.
The most recent Oklahoma State School Board Association (OSSBA) teacher staffing survey, conducted at the beginning of the 2023-24 academic year, found that schools began the year with 760 vacancies.
The State Board of Education, the governing body of the Department, is composed of the Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction and six members appointed by the Governor of Oklahoma with the approval of the Oklahoma Senate. The State Superintendent, in addition to serving as chair of the Board, serves as the chief executive officer ...
The 2018 Oklahoma teachers' walkout began on April 2, 2018, with teachers across the state walking out to protest low pay, overcrowded classrooms, and tax cuts that resulted in lower state-wide education spending. It was the first such action in Oklahoma since 1990. [1]
Reid, the 2007 Oklahoma teacher of the year, left the agency on March 7. In her resignation letter, she noted that “in recent months the work environment has become increasingly unstable.”
Oklahoma is the 37th-richest state in the United States, with a per capita income of $32,210 in 2006 and the third fastest-growing per capita income in the United States. [1] Oklahoma also has one of the lowest costs of living in the United States, making its relative per capita income levels much higher than its ranking among states.
An Oklahoma House subcommittee has approved a bill that would remove a matching-fund requirement for school districts from a teacher pay-raise program. Bill that could lead to raises for top ...