David Boren: ‘What we’re doing to our children is a sin’
Advocates of the Oklahoma's Children — Our Future education funding proposal submitted 308,957 signatures to the Oklahoma Secretary of State on Thursday, virtually guaranteeing that...
Death and poverty: Thank God for Alabama?
Last year's landmark study, The Effects of Exposure to Better Neighborhoods on Children, by Raj Chetty, Nathaniel Hendren and Lawrence Katz, documented the vast disparities in...
New voter alert effort active in Will Rogers’ home county
"Everything is changing," Will Rogers said. "People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke, when it used to be vice...
High school junior: ‘Oklahoma is failing its students’
Whispers among the students and faculty of Classen School of Advanced Studies have gotten louder in recent days, but this buzz does not entail...
Millwood superintendent: ‘The level of poverty has risen’
Cecilia Robinson is the superintendent of Millwood Public Schools in Oklahoma County. She's completing her third school year at what she describes as her "dream job."
In...
Filter: As Rob Neu’s exit unfolds, OKCPS slogs ahead
In the coming days and weeks, details will surely emerge about former (essentially)Â Oklahoma City Public Schools Superintendent Rob Neu's underwhelming tenure at the helm...
‘Intense’ experiences at Moon highlight KIPP’s limitations
The controversy over the proposal to expand the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP), starting with the takeover of a neighborhood school building, prompted me...
Sheriff candidate Mike Christian: ‘Time for some change’
To run for Oklahoma County Sheriff, state Rep. Mike Christian (R-OKC) will forfeit a chance to run for re-election to his south-Oklahoma City legislative...
Budget cuts shrink resources for homeless, mentally ill
NORMAN — After months living homeless on the West Coast, William Treadwell scraped up enough for a bus ticket and made the long, hungry...
Poll: Oklahomans support tax increases, Medicaid funds
Polling numbers released Tuesday show voter support for two of the tax-increase measures being championed by Republican leaders as a way to raise Oklahoma state...
