Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

Gaylord News

Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

Gaylord News

Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

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Small districts in Oklahoma feel effects of teacher walkout

Kayla McCullough April 10, 2018

The Oklahoma teacher walkout has come to a close, and now schools are feeling effects of missing class. For some smaller school districts, like Geronimo Public Schools, the need to make up school hours...

James Edmondson and Grant Hale encourage protestors to registor to vote outside of the Oklahoma State Capitol on April 6. Both have been at the Capitol all week and have felt encouraged by the number of young Oklahomans that have registered.

OK teacher walkout encourages students to register to vote

Harrison Lofton April 7, 2018

The teacher walkout has led Oklahoma students to register to vote this week at the Capitol in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma public school students have been upset at the low funding given to their schools...

Norman elementary school extends care program for teacher walkout

Sarah Guevara April 7, 2018

Eisenhower Elementary School has been offering a care program during the teacher walkout. Of the 17 closed schools in Norman, eight have been hosting child care programs while school is not in session. Normally...

Three demonstrators hold signs in support of the Oklahoma Teacher Walkout on April 4. Attendees marched in solidarity for an increase in funding for public education.

Teachers, students gather outside Capitol to protest education funding

Sam Brown April 5, 2018

Teachers and students from across Oklahoma protested for more public education funding Wednesday outside the south end of the state capitol. The rally lasted approximately four and a half hours, but protestors...

The inside of Thai Thai Asian Bistro in Norman April 4.

Family-owned Thai restaurant serves traditional food to Norman community

Caitlyn Epes April 5, 2018

The corner of Main Street and Pickard Avenue in Norman, Oklahoma houses a small business with a big family atmosphere. Thai Thai Asian Bistro serves traditional Thai food to the surrounding community,...

OKCPS feed students at over 100 sites

Nicole Nielsen April 4, 2018

  In the midst of the teacher walkout across the state, Oklahoma City Public Schools have been making sure no student goes hungry. Bus drivers and cafeteria staff from the district were sent to...

Churches host students during Oklahoma teacher walkout

Josie Logsdon April 4, 2018

Local churches in Oklahoma open their doors to elementary school students during the teacher walkout this week. Public schools across Oklahoma closed April 2-3 as teachers marched at the state capitol...

Gracie Stell, a senior at Edmond Memorial High School, attending class at the Capitol wearing a hot dog costume while holding a sign for the Oklahoma teacher walkout April 2, 2018.

Class at the Capitol

Meridith Mulkey April 3, 2018

High school students and teachers went about their normal school day and held two classes outside the Capitol during the Oklahoma teacher walkout April 2. Edmond Memorial High School students and teachers...

Coaches make a stand with OK teachers

Kelsea Bickerstaff April 3, 2018

NORMAN – Coaches participated in the Oklahoma teacher walkout to protest for greater education and athletic funding on April 2 at the Oklahoma State Capitol. Budget cuts have been made in high school...

What the walkout is about

What the walkout is about

Tevis Hillis April 2, 2018

Traci Hanna will be among thousands of teachers walking out across Oklahoma on Monday. Pay raises have been a factor in the walkout, but Hanna will be offering her support for her students. Pay has...

Simply fun

Simply fun

Jantzen McGhee April 2, 2018

Simply Fun “We deliver fun.” Claude “Peanut” Taylor chuckled at his own mission statement while handing his two-year-old son Oliver pieces of beef jerky. “We’re laid back… we love people....

Daniel Joshi, founder of Rosedale Market, holds his favorite 
wine selection from the store inventory on March 22, 2018,
 in Austin, Texas. The corner store has stocked over 900 
variations of wine and champagne.

Convenience store innovates

Harrison Lofton March 31, 2018

A convenience store has attracted customers by selling a variety of products that cannot be found in traditional gas station corner stores since 2010 in Austin, Texas. At Rosedale Market, customers choose...

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