Though the Oklahoma teacher’s largest union announced the walkout has ended after nine days, many teachers remained in support of the teachers involved.
At a board meeting...
OEA president Alicia Priest announced yesterday afternoon that OEA was ending the Oklahoma teacher walkout. Many teachers and students have gone back to school today.
Countless teachers are angry that...
Oklahoma state employees have been spending their lunch breaks protesting for raises and increased funding across the state.
State workers were protesting Thursday at the Capitol. Members...
By Elizabeth Sims and Luke Schumacher, [UNFILTERED] reporters
Graphics by Elizabeth Sims
A map of the instructional expenditures per student by district. Click here for full-screen map.
School...
The long-debated question of consolidating smaller school districts in Oklahoma to help the education budget has reappeared in the wake of the statewide teacher walkout.
A bill that would have consolidated...
Every year, “Oklahoma Arts Day” is held at the Oklahoma State Capitol on a day designated by Oklahomans for the Arts (OFTA). This year, it just so happened to be during the Oklahoma teacher walkout.
The...
Future teachers have been standing alongside those at the walkout to make a difference in the lives of their future students.
Anna Smith, a senior at the University of Oklahoma who is majoring in elementary...
To show support for the Oklahoma teacher walkout, Oklahoma City Public Schools invited educators from across the state to spend the night in the Capitol Hill High School Fieldhouse.
Volunteers from various...
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...
Some teachers have split with the Oklahoma Education Association, pushing for income tax reform instead of removing the tax exemption on capital gains.
This comes after House Majority Floor Leader Jon...
Private and preparatory schools across Oklahoma are standing with public school teachers as they their fight for better education funding.
While the private schools of Oklahoma are not state funded, many...
As the teacher walkout intensified over the past week, the methods Oklahoma uses to obtain education funding came under extreme scrutiny.
Many took to social media to share their confusion, outrage...
