oklahoma schools

Statewide test scores for reading and math have dropped significantly in Oklahoma public schools since the state returned to more rigorous scoring, according to results the state Department of Education released publicly on Monday.

High school athletes in Oklahoma can now profit off their name, image and likeness (NIL) without jeopardizing their amateur status.

Heading into the new school year this fall almost 11,000 students requested to transfer under Oklahoma’s new open transfer law.

The superintendent for Muskogee Public Schools said he's worried the current "political arena" is affecting the district's teacher shortage.

Deputies from the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office are offering school resource officers from around the state training to help keep Oklahoma classrooms safe.

Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Deborah Gist is calling for a task force to investigate mass shootings in the wake of the Uvalde massacre.

Students and staff members at Edison Preparatory were under a brief, modified lockdown Wednesday morning after a student threatened the school. The lockdown comes one day after a shooting at an elementary school in Texas.

Union Public Schools will continue requiring students, staff and visitors to wear masks until at least January.

The Jenks school board implemented the mask requirement for students, employees and visitors in mid-September, but many opted out of it.

Union Public Schools students voted overwhelmingly for "redhawks" to replace the district's former mascot, a slur for Native Americans that was dropped last year.