At legislative forum, leaders talk constitution and COVID
For its 2021 session set to start Feb. 1, the Oklahoma Legislature could end up debating additional requirements for citizens to be able to...
Oklahoma City town hall addresses rising COVID numbers, provides resources
The COVID-19 pandemic is filling hospitals as more and more Oklahomans are being infected every day. And with misinformation continuing to spread, more people...
SVCSB makes Phyllis Shepherd, Mathew Hamrick recuse on Epic matters
The Statewide Virtual Charter School Board approved a motion today to recuse board members Phyllis Shepherd and Mathew Hamrick from voting on matters related...
Epic Charter Schools board approves more corrective actions
Community Strategies board members met Monday evening to discuss corrective actions surrounding the investigative audit of Epic Charter Schools One-on-One and Epic Blended, as...
The week in coveducation: Stitt removes State Board of Education member
Following the Thanksgiving holiday, there's a lot to catch up on in the Oklahoma education world, including Epic Charter Schools settling a 2019 legal...
Another Oklahoma town faces lengthy state audit probe
A special audit of the City of Pauls Valley will take about six months to complete and could cost the city government thousands of...
Mustang High School launching in-school quarantine pilot program
The Oklahoma State Department of Health has developed a policy change to allow students who have been exposed to COVID-19 to quarantine in school.
“Quarantines...
‘It’s the big elephant in the room — no pun intended’: Freshmen Democrats prepare to serve in super minority
Freshmen Democrats Sen. Jo Anna Dossett (D-Tulsa), Rep. Jose Cruz (D-OKC) and Rep. Mauree Turner (D-OKC) are eager to work together and across partisan...
Strained by surge, Oklahoma contact tracing operations ‘need to be redesigned’
When COVID-19 hit Oklahoma this spring, public health officials scrambled to ramp up the state's contact tracing operations. But the scale of the pandemic...
Poll: Voters would support Oklahoma education reform
A recent poll conducted by Cole Hargrave Snodgrass & Associates showed voter support for various education reform proposals in Oklahoma.
The national education reform coalition,...
