Nuria Martinez-Keel

A tense final day of witness testimony brought an unusually lengthy preliminary hearing to a close for the co-founders of Epic Charter School.

A leading Republican candidate in Oklahoma’s 2026 state superintendent race has withdrawn.

A $254 million plan from Senate Republican leadership would raise teacher pay, support literacy initiatives, and increase funding for public and private school students by capping extra funds put into the state’s teacher pension system.

A slew of bills impacting school prayer, reading instruction, the length of an academic year and more passed House committees on K-12 education this week.

Bills that would limit screen time, boost physical education and require firearm safety training in public schools advanced past a key legislative committee on Wednesday.

State lawmakers and education officials say they’re eager for a retry on Oklahoma’s academic standards for social studies after last-minute changes last year caused significant controversy and were thrown out in court.

Bills have been filed that would permanently ban student cellphone use during the school day.

Gov. Kevin Stitt is expected to advocate again this year for eliminating the cap on how much Oklahoma can spend to help children attend private schools, though the state hasn’t hit its current limit.

A mandate that public schools offer free meals to all students appears to have failed to capture widespread support in the GOP-controlled Oklahoma Legislature after being ignored by school districts.

Gov. Kevin Stitt has appointed a third leader of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services in as many months.