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Oklahoma has more than 500 school districts--up to three times more than some states with similar student populations. KGOU listener Beverly Funderburk…

Students as young as 4 spend the day at Le Monde International School learning to speak, write and read in French or Spanish. On a recent day, a class of…

Education leaders in Oklahoma say Gov. Mary Fallin’s executive order on school consolidation oversimplified a very complicated issue.The November 21 order…

On the playground at Chattanooga Elementary School some kids are pretending to be pirates, a few boys are climbing on a baseball dugout, and another group…

The state agency that oversees virtual schools has proposed a new grading system to improve oversight of the schools, which have experienced persistent…

The Oklahoma State Department of Education has named the 12 finalists for the annual Teacher of the Year award.State Superintendent Janet Barresi made the…

At the Noble Network of Charter Schools, which has 14 campuses in Chicago, 23 percent of students were suspended in 2013.

"I'm not the hero. I was terrified," says Antoinette Tuff. A gunman had walked into an elementary school near Atlanta with an assault rifle and other weapons. Tuff says she spent about an hour with him, telling him about her life. Eventually, he put down his guns and surrendered.

Four Norman High School students have been taken to a Norman hospital after apparently taking prescription drugs at the school.District spokeswoman Shelly…