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Lawmakers are considering another initiative to incentivize teachers to stay in Oklahoma classrooms that would allow teachers’ children to be eligible for the state’s tuition scholarship program.
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The Department of Education overpaid at least $290,000 in teacher bonuses and is working to claw back the money mere months after it was distributed. Nine teachers have been issued demands for repayment.
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Oklahoma Senate Republicans unveiled their plan to attract and keep teachers, and Senate Bill 364 is getting a lot of attention — it would mandate 12 weeks of paid maternity leave for full-time school employees. Teacher moms around the state shared their stories with StateImpact’s Beth Wallis.
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In a Wednesday press conference, Republican Sen. Adam Pugh — who also chairs the Education Committee — unveiled his plan for education reform during the upcoming legislative session.
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As the state’s teacher shortage persists, so do conversations about lowering qualification barriers to become an educator. What do students lose when traditional certification becomes a luxury this teacher-strapped state can’t afford?
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High school students looking to become Oklahoma public school teachers have an opportunity to apply for a scholarship through the Oklahoma State School Boards Association.
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Oklahoma broke its annual record for emergency teaching certifications, and there’s still one more month to go.
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Oklahoma’s Regents for Higher Education are asking the legislature to up funding for the state’s public colleges and universities.
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Oklahoma’s State Board of Education approved a more than $3.5 billion budget proposal Thursday.
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More than 2,500 teachers are teaching with an emergency certificate in the early days of school across Oklahoma.