Beth Wallis
Reporter for StateImpact OklahomaBeth Wallis holds a journalism degree from the University of Oklahoma. Originally from Tulsa, she also graduated from Oklahoma State University with a bachelor's degree in music education and a master's degree in conducting performance. She was a band director at a public school for five years.
Beth is an alumnus of the Carnegie-Knight News21 Fellowship and NPR Next Generation Radio. She's been recognized for her work by the Hearst Awards, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Associated Collegiate Press and the Oklahoma Broadcast Education Association. She was awarded Best Podcast from the Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists for her series "At the Seams," which explores Norman's relationships with political division, police funding and its own racial history.
Beth enjoys hiking, playing with her four dogs and discovering new favorite musical artists.
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Oklahoma is again ground zero for a battle over publicly funded religious education as a proposed Jewish charter school looks to the courts for vindication. That's despite members of the state's Jewish community saying they weren't consulted and are "deeply concerned" about the threat to the separation of church and state. -
Oklahoma's teachers on the minimum salary schedule are closer to getting a pay bump after the Senate sent a bill to Governor Kevin Stitt's desk Monday. -
Some educators are raising concerns about content in the newly approved, proposed 2026 academic standards for social studies — and the process by which the standards were revised. -
The way Oklahoma elementary students learn how to read will look different over the next two years, thanks to a bill signed by Gov. Kevin Stitt Tuesday morning. -
A Jenks high school student is getting national recognition for her documentary on food insecurity exacerbated by new Trump Administration policies. -
A group of Oklahoma families, teachers and clergy filed a motion Wednesday to intervene in a lawsuit over a proposed Jewish charter school. -
The Oklahoma legislature is considering measures to push back against the rising tide of ed tech. -
Mustang Public Schools has suspended 122 students for demonstrating against ICE during the school day. -
State Superintendent Lindel Fields and Secretary of Education Dan Hamlin responded Friday morning to an open letter from lawmakers calling for an investigation into student-led ICE protests. -
Board members said they were bound to follow the St. Isidore ruling from the Oklahoma Supreme Court, despite some doing so begrudgingly.
