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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...

Oklahoma teacher participates in second statewide walkout of her career

Taitum Wilson April 6, 2018

Some educators have been teaching in Oklahoma long enough to participate in two statewide teacher walkouts that demanded greater education funding from the state legislature. Thousands of teachers...

Oklahoma teachers travel to state Capitol to protest

Josie Logsdon April 4, 2018

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,...

Oklahoma teachers illustrate needs for more funding on day two of walkout

Jackson Sharp April 4, 2018

Oklahoma educators gathered at the Oklahoma State Capitol for the second day of the teacher walkout on April 3. They assembled to tell legislators why they believe public education deserves more state...

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...

The Perry High School marquis displays the current date and date of the teacher walkout for Oklahoma on Monday. Though supportive of the movement, Perry schools were in session on the day of the walkout due to end-of-year scheduling requirements while many other schools around the state were closed for the event.

Perry schools support OK teacher walkout, do not close schools

Brigette Waltermire April 3, 2018

PERRY, Oklahoma – Schools in Perry, Oklahoma, were not closed for the teacher walkout on April 2, 2018, in Oklahoma City. School faculty and the school board supported the teachers, but it was decided...

Super Cao Nguyen in Oklahoma City. Photo by Abby Green

Luongs Were Drivers for OKC Asian District Creation

Meghan Barton May 18, 2017

Residents of Oklahoma City know to get the best pho or exotic fish in town: head to 23rd and Classen. The area is known as the Asian District, but few know the story of how the moniker became official....

A School with a Mission

Jaycie Bayless April 26, 2017

  Growing rates of adolescent substance abuse is causing one school to take a stand. Mission Academy High School is a recovery high school in Oklahoma City that helps students struggling with substance...

Integrity Council Wants to be a Resource, Not an Enemy

Joshua Callaway April 22, 2017

This past week has been “Integrity Week,” put on by the University of Oklahoma Integrity Council. Through several events, the council is trying to make an effort to get their name out there, and...

March Fires in Oklahoma

Jack Moran April 22, 2017

March in Oklahoma proved to be one of the worst months for wildfires that the state has seen. It began with the ignition of four large fires on March 6 that were labeled the “Northwest Oklahoma Complex.” The...

An Unconventional Road To Success

Joshua Callaway April 10, 2017

Freddy Gramajo moved to Oklahoma from Guatemala with essentially no experience in selling technology and with no ability to speak English. That, however, did not stop him from following an unlikely...

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