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.
What does “50th in education” mean to Oklahoma?
What does it mean for Oklahoma to be ranked 50th in education, again? Some say this topic is a distraction but actually it is THE question that must be answered by state leaders.
Oklahoma City’s Jamie Polk illustrates greatness and grace at InspireOK 2025
Oklahoma City’s Jamie Polk illustrates greatness and grace at InspireOK 2025
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.
The good news in the bad news about Oklahoma’s low-performing schools
Good news from the State Department of Education that 13 Tulsa Public School sites have “exited” designation as Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) schools. Sadly, few people realize how difficult this is to achieve. Every school improving student success deserves accolades for the hard work and dedication because it does not happen otherwise. …
Notable K-12 progress in peer state reveals solutions for Oklahoma
Can you guess the only state that had more students proficient in 2024 than before the pandemic? No, it wasn't Massachusett.
Oklahoma’s performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress is depicted and Louisiana’s success analyzed.