Credit where credit is due: Okla. State Dept. of Education Legal Services
Giving credit where credit is due to the Oklahoma State Department of Education for prompt response to Open Records Request for school funding data.
Public comments on proposed changes to Consolidated State Plan, 2025
Wendy submitted her public comments Aug. 7 for the Oklahoma State Board of Education’s consideration highlighting programs proposed for the 2025-26 school year that do not yet exist.
Oklahoma takes a step back for education’s future
The July 2024 change in cut scores for state tests of English and math involves complicated statistical analyses into which few would delve. For Oklahoma Secretary of Education Nellie Tayloe Sanders, however, it is personal.
What does lowering cut scores on state tests in 2024 mean in 2025?
For years, I had a bad habit of celebrating even small improvements in student proficiency on state tests because it requires a LOT of hard work by a dedicated team and CAN mean a school community takes seriously what is required.
Unfortunately, the data that triggers Oklahoma’s school-improvement process may no longer be valid or reliable. …
Master of the arts, Chandler business owner launches Project 45
One of Pratt Creative’s goals is to highlight the work of other Oklahomans who are true believers in our state and working to make it better. Our first one was Mark Danker of Project 45 in Chandler.