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...
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...
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...
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...
Sarah Massey understands the importance of her role amongst her peers from Eugene Field Elementary in Oklahoma City, even though she has only been teaching for two months.
Massey said she decided to...
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...
By: Lauren Linville
The University of Oklahoma added a roller derby club to the long list of student organizations this past year. The club is a branch of the Oklahoma Victory Dolls Roller Derby team.
Cheyenne...
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA – The bell clangs as a customer pushes through the door.
“What can I get you?” the woman behind the counter asks with a smile.
The customer does not know that the woman’s husband...
Zack Maxwell dedicates most moments outside of class, homework and sleep to his team. He and his teammates are in their ‘gym’ for upwards of 30 hours a week. Their season is twelve months long,...
Phoenix, Arizona
Stephanie Rodriguez's life was turned upside down 10 years ago.
Despite being born in California the then eight-years-old Rodriguez was forced to leave the United States with her mother...
ATLANTA, GA —The stakes are particularly high for the free world and America in this year’s election according to Black millennials attending mid-week service at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church...
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.---“The damage is scattered across the city like an artist flicked a paintbrush on a canvas.”
Nearly two weeks after Hurricane Matthew made landfall on the east coast of the United...
