Norman Film Festival offered more than just movies
The first-ever Norman Film Festival took place during September across six venues downtown, including the storied Sooner Theatre. Ben Lindesmith and Chase Spivey, veterans...
Report: Oklahoma’s children of color face major obstacles
Oklahomans are an aspirational people. We believe in the power of hard work to transform our lives and transform our communities. We have stories...
Classroom discipline: A perfect storm for OKCPS
The OKCPS faces a perfect storm with regard to student discipline. The policy calls for sharp reductions in suspensions, but it lacks other means...
If education were like basketball: A short story
I walked from the parking lot to the campus with a measured pace, alternating between staring eye-level at the restless crowd in front of...
Editorial: Oklahoma House achieving bipartisan calamity
As Oklahoma House Republican leaders prepared for a Friday committee vote on the compromise revenue package that included an oil-industry tax hike, they cobbled...
BourBUN fundraiser to emphasize power of the people
(Editor's note: The following was written by Andy Moore, executive director of the nonprofit, nonpartisan civic-action group Let’s Fix This. His commentary appears courtesy...
The Oklahoma Legislature has been naughty
The Oklahoma Legislature has made a list, but the Oklahoma Supreme Court is checking it twice and finding a few "fees" that fall under...
Oct. 23 OKCPS board meeting briefs
(Editor's note: The following briefs were composed based off of events that took place Oct. 23 during a regular meeting of the Oklahoma City...
‘New’ OKCPS teaching blueprint plots same dubious path
Eighteen years ago, the very survival of the Oklahoma City Public School System was at risk. That is why participants in MAPS for Kids...
Septuagenarian runs blog to fact check, needle OCPA
The inspiration for my blog, OCPAThinker.org, began several years ago when a friend from college was the featured speaker at the annual fundraiser for the...
