OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma lawmakers will spend two days studying education practices in the state's public schools.
The House Common Education committee launched the two-day study on Tuesday at the state Capitol.
Proposed new education standards in math and English that were developed after Oklahoma scrapped Common Core standards last year have already been developed and made available to the public.
Educators from across the state have worked over the past year to develop the standards for Oklahoma students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12.
Tulsa School Superintendent Deborah Gist was one of the first to testify before the committee. She talked about the need for better continuing education for teachers, her desire to stop the constant turnover by educators and the need to make schools a warm and inviting place for students to learn.
Oklahoma schools were prepared to implement Common Core standards in math and English last year, but those were scrapped by the Legislature amid opposition mostly from grassroots conservative groups.
The new standards are to be implemented by the 2016-2017 school year.