If education were like basketball: A short story
I walked from the parking lot to the campus with a measured pace, alternating between staring eye-level at the restless crowd in front of...
Amid financial issues, Terry Cline out as health commissioner
At an emergency meeting of the Oklahoma Board of Health, board members accepted the resignation of Commissioner of Health Terry Cline amid revelations of...
Editorial: Oklahoma House achieving bipartisan calamity
As Oklahoma House Republican leaders prepared for a Friday committee vote on the compromise revenue package that included an oil-industry tax hike, they cobbled...
BourBUN fundraiser to emphasize power of the people
(Editor's note: The following was written by Andy Moore, executive director of the nonprofit, nonpartisan civic-action group Let’s Fix This. His commentary appears courtesy...
Oct. 23 OKCPS board meeting briefs
(Editor's note: The following briefs were composed based off of events that took place Oct. 23 during a regular meeting of the Oklahoma City...
‘New’ OKCPS teaching blueprint plots same dubious path
Eighteen years ago, the very survival of the Oklahoma City Public School System was at risk. That is why participants in MAPS for Kids...
ESSA: Surveys show concerns over education standards
(Editor’s note: This story was authored by Jennifer Palmer of Oklahoma Watch and appears here in accordance with the non-profit journalism organization’s republishing terms.)
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Update: House GOP members react to Senate request for gross production tax increase
With a smattering of Republican House members roaming the upper chamber, the Oklahoma Senate passed a resolution at noon requesting that the House pass...
OK State Health Department furloughs spurred by unexplained cash crisis
(Editor’s note: This story was authored by Paul Monies of Oklahoma Watch and appears here in accordance with the non-profit journalism organization’s republishing terms.)
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Septuagenarian runs blog to fact check, needle OCPA
The inspiration for my blog, OCPAThinker.org, began several years ago when a friend from college was the featured speaker at the annual fundraiser for the...
