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...
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...
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...
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...
Several students from Beggs Elementary in Beggs, Oklahoma, voiced their concerns about education funding though letters aimed at their legislators.
“We kids have voices, so here’s what I’m...
Public school teachers across Oklahoma made their way to the state Capitol by school bus to march for higher education funding early Monday morning.
Teachers at Longfellow Middle School in Norman,...
In the early-morning darkness surrounding the Oklahoma State Capitol, the only lights visible are streetlights, blinking lights on circling helicopters, and a shack covered...
Oklahoma teachers started their walkout Monday morning raising signs, and, for some, sounds – hoping to strike a chord with legislators.
Music educators across the state came together and formed a...
College students studying education from across Oklahoma joined with teachers in a walkout on the front lawn of the state capitol on Monday.
Students...
