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Trust the science (of reading)
Jonathan Small | April 8, 2024
Trust the science (of reading)
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![]() Education Trust the science (of reading)
Senate Bill 1906, by state Sen. Adam Pugh and state Rep. Rhonda Baker, creates a revolving fund to train future Oklahoma teachers in the science of reading.
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The Oklahoma Hospital Association and 13 Oklahoma hospitals have signed an “equity” pledge that suggests hospital leadership hires may be based on race or ethnicity as much as, or more than, job qualifications and expertise.
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The Oklahoma State Board of Education (OSBE) is working aggressively to address new reports of educator misconduct while also reaching into the past to ensure teachers who violate children lose their certifications through the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE).
Catherine Smith | April 4, 2024 State Board of Education tackles teacher misconduct Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. ![]() Education Local voters can choose president but not school board?
As Oklahoma state lawmakers discuss legislation to shift school-board elections to November general-election ballots, opponents have raised an unconventional argument: while local voters may be qualified to cast a vote for president of the United States, they are not qualified to select school-board members in their own community.
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Voter turnout in this week’s local school board elections was (again) so low as to almost defy belief. Many Oklahomans are ready to move these elections to November.
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