Andrea Eger
@andreaeger.bsky.social
Reporter @TulsaWorld, examining key #oklaed topics & other local and state issues.
“We can’t cross our fingers & hope for the best anymore. We have to be so proactive in this environment.” — 2023 National Teacher of Year Rebecka Peterson, who returned to spearhead grow-your-own aspiring teacher program amid OK’s chronic teacher shortage. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
Former National Teacher of the Year back at Union to grow the next generation of teachers
Led by Teacher Leadership Specialist Rebecka Peterson, Union High School’s Future Educators’ program puts aspiring teachers “in residency” in classrooms across district school sites in Tulsa and Broke...
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November 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
“We can’t cross our fingers & hope for the best anymore. We have to be so proactive in this environment.” — 2023 National Teacher of Year Rebecka Peterson, who returned to spearhead grow-your-own aspiring teacher program amid OK’s chronic teacher shortage. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
English learners are one of the fastest growing student populations in Oklahoma, yet educators with specialized certifications to serve them are scarce.
Some local schools and teacher preparation programs are leaning into the challenge. tulsaworld.com/news/local/e... #oklaed
Some local schools and teacher preparation programs are leaning into the challenge. tulsaworld.com/news/local/e... #oklaed
Teacher coaching, bilingual students help schools meet English learner needs amid teacher shortage
More than 10% of #oklaed students were receiving English language learner services at school as of Oct. 1. In Tulsa Public Schools alone, 38% of students were current or former multilingual learners l...
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July 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
English learners are one of the fastest growing student populations in Oklahoma, yet educators with specialized certifications to serve them are scarce.
Some local schools and teacher preparation programs are leaning into the challenge. tulsaworld.com/news/local/e... #oklaed
Some local schools and teacher preparation programs are leaning into the challenge. tulsaworld.com/news/local/e... #oklaed
Cuts announced Monday affect the Tulsa- and Oklahoma City-area Epic learning centers that offered full-day, in-person instruction and meal services for breakfast and lunch Monday through Friday. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
Epic Charter Schools closing learning centers, slashing 357 jobs
Cuts announced Monday affect the Tulsa- and Oklahoma City-area Epic learning centers that offered full-day, in-person instruction and meal services for breakfast and lunch Monday through Friday. #okla...
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June 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Cuts announced Monday affect the Tulsa- and Oklahoma City-area Epic learning centers that offered full-day, in-person instruction and meal services for breakfast and lunch Monday through Friday. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
A split 4-4 vote by the U.S. Supreme Court revealed Thursday morning leaves intact an earlier ruling by Oklahoma's highest court that proposed Catholic charter school St. Isidore is unconstitutional. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
Supreme Court blocks creation of Oklahoma Catholic leaders' proposed religious charter school
A divided U.S. Supreme Court voted 4-4 in the appeal of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which was a test case of the separation of church and state.
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May 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
A split 4-4 vote by the U.S. Supreme Court revealed Thursday morning leaves intact an earlier ruling by Oklahoma's highest court that proposed Catholic charter school St. Isidore is unconstitutional. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
A career teacher newly appointed to the Oklahoma State Board of Education raised concerns Wednesday about the state’s ever-growing reliance on underqualified, emergency certified teachers. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/state-r...
May 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
A career teacher newly appointed to the Oklahoma State Board of Education raised concerns Wednesday about the state’s ever-growing reliance on underqualified, emergency certified teachers. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/state-r...
New state-by-state comparisons reveal that Oklahoma’s per-pupil spending is dead last among surrounding states and that the average teacher compensation in public schools has slipped to 38th in the nation. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
Oklahoma's per-pupil spending now dead last in region as teacher compensation slips
Nationally, only Idaho and Utah had a smaller per-pupil spending rate.#oklaed
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May 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
New state-by-state comparisons reveal that Oklahoma’s per-pupil spending is dead last among surrounding states and that the average teacher compensation in public schools has slipped to 38th in the nation. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
Inside the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, one justice accused Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond of “hostility to religion” while three others questioned how taxpayer funds could ever be used to proselytize through a religious charter school. tulsaworld.com/news/state-r...
See what questions U.S. Supreme Court justices had during St. Isidore arguments
Justice Samuel Alito questioned whether Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond's opposition to the Catholic charter school might be "motivated by hostility to religion." #oklaed
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April 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Inside the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, one justice accused Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond of “hostility to religion” while three others questioned how taxpayer funds could ever be used to proselytize through a religious charter school. tulsaworld.com/news/state-r...
Separation of church & state at risk as OK case goes before SCOTUS this week: Win for nation’s first religious charter school would represent “the most radical change to religious freedom under the First Amendment in American history,” one expert believes. tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
April 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Separation of church & state at risk as OK case goes before SCOTUS this week: Win for nation’s first religious charter school would represent “the most radical change to religious freedom under the First Amendment in American history,” one expert believes. tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
A resolution disapproving controversial social studies and science standards for Oklahoma public schools was filed late Thursday by Senate Education Committee Chairman Adam Pugh, R-Edmond. tulsaworld.com/news/state-r...
State Senate moves to disapprove controversial social studies standards
The resolution had to be filed Thursday to meet normal legislative calendar requirements for passage by next Thursday, when the standards become effective barring action by the Legislature. #oklaed
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April 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
A resolution disapproving controversial social studies and science standards for Oklahoma public schools was filed late Thursday by Senate Education Committee Chairman Adam Pugh, R-Edmond. tulsaworld.com/news/state-r...
Focus on SCOUTS appeal by St Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School has been separation of church/state, but original policymakers & leading advocates warn entire case based on false claim that a charter school is anything other than a public school. tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
Opponents of religious charter school: St. Isidore poses threat to all public charters
Advocates who helped establish and expand public school choice are warning the Supreme Court that St. Isidore’s case is based on the false belief that a charter school is anything other than a public ...
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April 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Focus on SCOUTS appeal by St Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School has been separation of church/state, but original policymakers & leading advocates warn entire case based on false claim that a charter school is anything other than a public school. tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
NEW TUESDAY NIGHT: A 37-year veteran educator with Bixby Public Schools has been named the rapidly growing suburban school district’s next superintendent #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
Bixby school board selects insider to succeed Rob Miller as superintendent
Lydia Wilson, who has spent more than three decades as a teacher, school and district administrator in Bixby Public Schools, has been named the district's next superintendent. #oklaed
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April 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
NEW TUESDAY NIGHT: A 37-year veteran educator with Bixby Public Schools has been named the rapidly growing suburban school district’s next superintendent #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
Superintendent Ryan Walters sues in federal court separation of church-state group that raised parent concerns about prayer and Bible verse reading during class time in a small southeastern Oklahoma school district #oklaed
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Superintendent Ryan Walters takes separation of church-state group to federal court
Oklahoma's state superintendent has sued to put a halt to the Freedom from Religion Foundation's written objections to daily prayers, Bible verse reading in small school district of Achille. #oklaed
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April 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Superintendent Ryan Walters sues in federal court separation of church-state group that raised parent concerns about prayer and Bible verse reading during class time in a small southeastern Oklahoma school district #oklaed
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“I am not running against Ryan Walters. I am running for the families and students of Oklahoma. Whoever else decides to get in the race, that’s fine," Miller said. #oklaed
Bixby Superintendent Rob Miller announces candidacy for state superintendent
“I am not running against Ryan Walters. I am running for the families and students of Oklahoma. Whoever else decides to get in the race, that’s fine," Miller said. #oklaed
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February 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“I am not running against Ryan Walters. I am running for the families and students of Oklahoma. Whoever else decides to get in the race, that’s fine," Miller said. #oklaed
NEW FRIDAY: Even if the proposed religious charter school prevails at the U.S. Supreme Court, Catholic leaders in Oklahoma say it would be too late to open in August 2025. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
St. Isidore agrees to not open for 2025-26, regardless of SCOTUS decision
Even if the proposed religious charter school prevails at the U.S. Supreme Court, Catholic leaders in Oklahoma say it would be too late to open in August 2025. #oklaed
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February 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
NEW FRIDAY: Even if the proposed religious charter school prevails at the U.S. Supreme Court, Catholic leaders in Oklahoma say it would be too late to open in August 2025. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
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Tulsa World also obtained records showing state ended agreement with a vendor and added 20 new employees to directly operate the Parental Choice Tax Credit Program. #oklaed
Oklahoma Tax Commission trying to 'recapture' $5 million in private school tax credits
Tulsa World also obtained records showing state ended agreement with a vendor and added 20 new employees to directly operate the Parental Choice Tax Credit Program. #oklaed
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February 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Tulsa World also obtained records showing state ended agreement with a vendor and added 20 new employees to directly operate the Parental Choice Tax Credit Program. #oklaed
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Tulsa World also obtained records showing state ended $4M agreement with vendor & added 20 new employees to directly operate the Parental Choice Tax Credit Program. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
Oklahoma Tax Commission trying to 'recapture' $5 million in private school tax credits
Tulsa World also obtained records showing state ended agreement with a vendor and added 20 new employees to directly operate the Parental Choice Tax Credit Program. #oklaed
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February 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Tulsa World also obtained records showing state ended $4M agreement with vendor & added 20 new employees to directly operate the Parental Choice Tax Credit Program. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
Tulsa World also obtained records showing state ended $4M agreement with vendor & added 20 new employees to directly operate the Parental Choice Tax Credit Program. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
Oklahoma Tax Commission trying to 'recapture' $5 million in private school tax credits
Tulsa World also obtained records showing state ended agreement with a vendor and added 20 new employees to directly operate the Parental Choice Tax Credit Program. #oklaed
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February 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Tulsa World also obtained records showing state ended $4M agreement with vendor & added 20 new employees to directly operate the Parental Choice Tax Credit Program. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
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As a press conference was set to begin, an irate state auditor accused Tulsa Public Schools administrators of “constant obstacles” used “to delay and mislead" forensic investigators for two years. #oklaed
TPS audit release halted; district's 'legal maneuver' follows years of delays, state auditor says
As a press conference was set to begin, an irate state auditor accused Tulsa Public Schools administrators of “constant obstacles” used “to delay and mislead" forensic investigators for two years. #oklaed
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February 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
As a press conference was set to begin, an irate state auditor accused Tulsa Public Schools administrators of “constant obstacles” used “to delay and mislead" forensic investigators for two years. #oklaed
NEW FRIDAY: SCOTUS to decide by summer if the nation’s first-ever religious charter school should open in Oklahoma. tulsaworld.com/news/state-r... #oklaed
U.S. Supreme Court to take up Oklahoma religious charter school case
SCOTUS to decide if the nation’s first-ever religious charter school should open in Oklahoma. #oklaed
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January 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
NEW FRIDAY: SCOTUS to decide by summer if the nation’s first-ever religious charter school should open in Oklahoma. tulsaworld.com/news/state-r... #oklaed
NEW FRIDAY: New concerns revealed about Tulsa 911 center service, including critical care delays caused by lengthy dispatch times, first responders being sent to wrong addresses and inadequate training of fire dispatchers. tulsaworld.com/news/local/g...
Concerns raised about Tulsa 911 center's service, particularly related to fire calls
Members of a working group examining the city's pre-hospitilization services say they've received reports of delays in fire dispatch, firefighters being sent to the wrong address and a lack of proper ...
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January 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
NEW FRIDAY: New concerns revealed about Tulsa 911 center service, including critical care delays caused by lengthy dispatch times, first responders being sent to wrong addresses and inadequate training of fire dispatchers. tulsaworld.com/news/local/g...
State Superintendent Ryan Walters has proposed a $4.1 billion annual budget for fiscal year 2026, including a $3 million request for Bibles in classrooms. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/state-r...
Ryan Walters tells lawmakers he looks forward to U.S. Department of Education being dissolved
The State Department of Education presented its $4.1 billion budget request during a hearing Thursday before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education. #oklaed
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January 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
State Superintendent Ryan Walters has proposed a $4.1 billion annual budget for fiscal year 2026, including a $3 million request for Bibles in classrooms. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/state-r...
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Sapulpa football coach Jerry Bailey and assistant coach Paul Reagor went missing Jan. 22, 1976. The coaches — one dead, one alive — were located the next day.
'Murder Under the Friday Night Lights' episode spotlights 1976 Sapulpa tragedy
Sapulpa football coach Jerry Bailey and assistant coach Paul Reagor went missing Jan. 22, 1976. The coaches — one dead, one alive — were located the next day.
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January 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Sapulpa football coach Jerry Bailey and assistant coach Paul Reagor went missing Jan. 22, 1976. The coaches — one dead, one alive — were located the next day.
Only man charged in disappearance of 16yo Welch girls in ‘99 freed from prison after 2.5 years. Now, one victim’s mother has retired to prepare for visits to the OK State Capitol in support of Lauria and Ashley’s Law "so another family doesn’t have to go through this.” tulsaworld.com/news/state-r...
25 years after Welch girls disappeared, a mother's search continues
Lorene Bible recently retired in preparation for visits to the state Capitol in support of Lauria and Ashley’s Law "so another family doesn’t have to go through this,” she said.
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December 26, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Only man charged in disappearance of 16yo Welch girls in ‘99 freed from prison after 2.5 years. Now, one victim’s mother has retired to prepare for visits to the OK State Capitol in support of Lauria and Ashley’s Law "so another family doesn’t have to go through this.” tulsaworld.com/news/state-r...
Family awaiting kidney transplant struggling to keep roof over heads | Project Santa tulsaworld.com/projectsanta...
Family awaiting kidney transplant struggling to keep roof over heads | Project Santa
Tammy Pierce said the transplant her daughter desperately needs will force her to be out of work at least a month. “We are struggling," the single mother says.
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December 24, 2024 at 4:36 AM
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NEW FRIDAY: Tulsa superintendent to parents afraid of Ryan Walters' desire for immigration status checks on kids: "We see you, we love you, and there is a place for you and your children here." #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...
Amid push for immigration checks, Tulsa Public Schools tries to reassure families
Tulsa superintendent to parents afraid of Ryan Walters' desire for immigration status checks on kids: "We see you, we love you, and there is a place for you and your children here." #oklaed
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December 20, 2024 at 8:32 PM
NEW FRIDAY: Tulsa superintendent to parents afraid of Ryan Walters' desire for immigration status checks on kids: "We see you, we love you, and there is a place for you and your children here." #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/e...