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A bill that would incentivize school districts to ban cell phones on campus got one step closer Tuesday to becoming law, but committee members opposing it say it doesn’t go far enough and shouldn’t come with a price tag.
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The state legislature is back in session, and there’s no hotter topic than education policy. StateImpact education reporter Beth Wallis talked with StateImpact managing editor Logan Layden about what to expect from lawmakers in 2024.
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The TPS board approved a Waldorf-inspired school on the grounds of the former Park Elementary.
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The grant will support research into lowering dropout rates, giving first-year students more support in the form of technology and hiring new faculty.
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The Department of Education overpaid at least $290,000 in teacher bonuses and is working to claw back the money mere months after it was distributed. Nine teachers have been issued demands for repayment.
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State Superintendent Ryan Walters announced in a news release Tuesday he was appointing Chaya Raichik to the department’s Library Media Advisory Committee. Raichik is behind the far-right X (formerly Twitter) account, LibsofTikTok.
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In a news release, Walters alleged, without providing evidence, the organizations “push an anti-parent, woke agenda,” work in tandem with “national extremist groups” and “force failed policies into schools.”
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Plaintiffs in one of the lawsuits against the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual Charter School will get another chance to disqualify the judge assigned to the case.
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TPS' superintendent announced Monday that 12 schools had performed well enough to move off a federal support list while four were moved off a state list.
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KWGS' Max Bryan and StateImpact’s Beth Wallis have this update on how Tulsa Public Schools’ state-mandated improvement plan is going so far and the work that lies ahead.