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Oklahoma Education

Group Unveils Proposed Changes To How Oklahoma Funds Schools

By & Jennifer Palmer • Sep 25, 2018
Students work on computers in a John Rex Charter Middle School classroom at the Myriad Gardens complex in Oklahoma City.
Whitney Bryen / Oklahoma Watch

Oklahoma is moving closer to changing the way it funds schools after a yearlong look at the education funding formula by a group of lawmakers and educators.

Capitol Insider: Oklahoma Teacher Walkouts, Now And Then

By Storme Jones • Mar 9, 2018
David Longstreath / AP Photo

A successful teacher walkout in West Virginia has brought the topic of teacher pay to the forefront of public conversation. However, leaders at the Oklahoma Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union, says the impending shutdown of Oklahoma schools has been the the works for some time. And it’s happened in Oklahoma before.