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Oklahoma is promoting a history curriculum using videos by conservative group PragerU

Friday, September 08, 2023

Oklahoma has joined Florida in allowing videos from the conservative group PragerU in classrooms. Officials say it's a way to give a pro-American education. Critics call it right-wing indoctrination.

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Extreme heat is cutting into recess for kids. Experts say that's a problem

Thursday, September 07, 2023

A heat wave at the start of the school year has educators scrambling to keep kids cool and safe.

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ACLU files suit to block the country's first religious public charter school

Tuesday, August 01, 2023

The lawsuit, filed in Oklahoma, is meant to stop the country's first religious charter school from opening. This comes after state officials there approved the school in June.

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Without paid family leave, teachers stockpile sick days and aim for summer babies

Monday, June 26, 2023

Less than one-fifth the largest school districts offer paid parental leave for teachers, and only a handful of states guarantee it. That leaves few options for educators who want to start a family.

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5 years after the teacher walkouts, Oklahoma's GOP has changed its tune

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Oklahoma Republicans blocked many of the proposals teachers rallied for in 2018. Now, amid record-breaking teacher shortages, the state's GOP is backing a slew of pro-labor bills.

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Oklahoma Catholic Church hopes to open first publicly funded religious charter school

Monday, April 10, 2023

Oklahoma's Catholic Church wants to open the U.S.'s first religious charter school. It hopes to jump its first regulatory hurdle Tuesday. Public school advocates and the state's AG are pushing back.

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The latest deadly mass shooting took place in a hospital in Tulsa

Thursday, June 02, 2022

Police confirmed that a shooter killed four people at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Okla., on Wednesday. The shooter died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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