Fifth-grade students Lillie Colbert and Kennedy Fletcher work on laptops at Rosewood Elementary in Broken Arrow Public Schools. (Photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Education.) This article was originally delivered to subscribers of our Education Watch newsletter. Sign up now to receive Education Watch directly in your inbox. Policymakers are looking to build on the success [...]

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Students at Bridge Creek Middle School in Blanchard in 2019. (File photo) This article was originally delivered to subscribers of our Education Watch newsletter. Sign up now to receive Education Watch directly in your inbox. The state Education Department published its latest state report card this week, with new data on six measures, including test scores, absenteeism [...]

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A hallway of lockers at Frederick Douglass High School in Oklahoma City. (Jake Ramsey/Oklahoma Watch) This article was originally delivered to subscribers of our Education Watch newsletter. Sign up now to receive Education Watch directly in your inbox. The Trump administration announced a plan to shift much of the U.S. Department of Education's work to other agencies [...]

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State Superintendent of Public Schools Lindel Fields. (Ted Streuli/Oklahoma Watch) This article was originally delivered to subscribers of our Education Watch newsletter. Sign up now to receive Education Watch directly in your inbox. In a TV interview recently, Superintendent of Public Instruction Lindel Fields dropped a policy idea that raised a few eyebrows: increasing the number of [...]

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A row of books in a school library. (Whitney Bryen/Oklahoma Watch) This article was originally delivered to subscribers of our Education Watch newsletter. Sign up now to receive Education Watch directly in your inbox. Former Oklahoma educator Summer Boismier filed a new lawsuit in federal court last week over the state's revocation of her teaching credentials. In [...]

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Books including the Holy Bible are stacked on a table at the Oklahoma Board of Education meeting on June 27, 2024. (Jake Ramsey/Oklahoma Watch) This article was originally delivered to subscribers of our Education Watch newsletter. Sign up now to receive Education Watch directly in your inbox. In an unusual move, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ordered the [...]

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Here is the audio of Oklahoma Watch's published stories for the week of October 6, 2025.- Full Week Playlist: Listen to all the stories back-to-back, without interruption. - Individual Stories: Select and play any story you'd like to hear, at your convenience. Full Week Playlist: Individual Stories: Fact Briefs: Oklahoma Watch Is Looking for an [...]

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State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters at the Oklahoma State Department of Education meeting on April 24, 2025. (Jake Ramsey/Oklahoma Watch) This article was originally delivered to subscribers of our Education Watch newsletter. Sign up now to receive Education Watch directly in your inbox. State Superintendent of Schools Ryan Walters announced on FOX News he's resigning [...]

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A social studies class at F.D. Moon Middle School in Oklahoma City. (Whitney Bryen/Oklahoma Watch) This article was originally delivered to subscribers of our Education Watch newsletter. Sign up now to receive Education Watch directly in your inbox. The Oklahoma Supreme Court this week temporarily halted the state's implementation of new social studies standards. The court prohibited [...]

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A student reads from a worksheet during class in Oklahoma City. (Whitney Bryen/Oklahoma Watch) This article was originally delivered to subscribers of our Education Watch newsletter. Sign up now to receive Education Watch directly in your inbox. The Nation's Report Card this week released another sobering report on student achievement. The reading skills of 12th graders are [...]

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