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Domestic Violence Board Chairman Resigns in Protest oklahomawatch.org/2025/11/24/d...
Domestic Violence Board Chairman Resigns in Protest - Oklahoma Watch
A decision by the state’s domestic violence board exposed a rift over how a mandatory protective tool is to be used and led chairman and domestic violence advocate Brandon Pasley to resign.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Dozens of Lawsuits and Hundreds of TV Appearances: A Look Back at Superintendent Walters Tenure oklahomawatch.org/2025/10/01/d...
Dozens of Lawsuits and Hundreds of TV Appearances: A Look Back at Superintendent Walters Tenure - Oklahoma Watch
Ryan Walters grabbed headlines throughout his tenure as the state schools chief, racking up dozens of lawsuits over his controversial policies.
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October 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Split Decision Halts Oklahoma’s Plan to Open Religious Charter School oklahomawatch.org/2025/05/22/s...
Split Decision Halts Oklahoma’s Plan to Open Religious Charter School - Oklahoma Watch
The U.S. Supreme Court deadlocked on St. Isidore, the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school, letting the state supreme court’s decision stand.
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May 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Oklahoma Public School Enrollment: What the Latest Data Tells Us oklahomawatch.org/2025/05/20/o...
Oklahoma Public School Enrollment: What the Latest Data Tells Us - Oklahoma Watch
There were 697,358 students counted on Oct. 1, 2024, according to the Oklahoma Department of Education. That’s down 0.2% from 2023, and 0.9% lower than the all-time high of 703,650 set in 2019, before...
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May 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Governor appoints retired Edmond teacher to Oklahoma State Board of Education oklahomavoice.com/2025/04/28/g...
Governor appoints retired Edmond teacher to Oklahoma State Board of Education • Oklahoma Voice
Gov. Kevin Stitt's appointee, if confirmed by the Senate, would fill a board seat that has been vacant for two years.
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April 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Walters’ New Hires Steeped in Politics, Not Education oklahomawatch.org/2025/04/23/w...
Walters’ New Hires Steeped in Politics, Not Education - Oklahoma Watch
Is Superintendent Ryan Walters building a campaign team on his agency’s payroll? The Department of Education’s latest hires have resumes stacked with experience in political consulting.
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April 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Oklahoma federal judge tosses former teacher’s lawsuit against Walters oklahomavoice.com/2025/04/10/o...
Oklahoma federal judge tosses former teacher’s lawsuit against Walters • Oklahoma Voice
An Oklahoma City federal judge threw out a defamation lawsuit filed against state Superintendent Ryan Walters.
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April 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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NAEP, the Nation's Report Card, was supposed to be safe. It's not hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
NAEP, the Nation's Report Card, was supposed to be safe. It's not
Funding pauses, layoffs and looming budget cuts threaten a critical test
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April 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Free speech cases in Lawton and Norman reveal how a toxic national discourse trickles down onto local politics. oklahomawatch.org/2025/04/02/f...
Free Speech in Crisis - Oklahoma Watch
Two Oklahomans were recently jailed in separate cases for posting untrue statements about someone who took exception. Both used an archaic state law that makes libel a crime.
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April 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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The deal is taking place all over the country, in volleyball and softball and hockey and soccer: Travel to our tournament and, unless you stay in one of our partner hotels, your kid doesn’t play.

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March 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Education Department Seeks to Buy Bible Lessons for Elementary Kids oklahomawatch.org/2025/02/21/e...
Education Department Seeks to Buy Bible Lessons for Elementary Kids - Oklahoma Watch
The Oklahoma Department of Education initiated a new vendor search to purchase materials containing Bible-infused character lessons for elementary-aged students.
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February 22, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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New Book Says There’s More to Holding Students’ Attention Than Silencing Phones www.the74million.org/article/new-...
New Book Says There’s More to Holding Students’ Attention Than Silencing Phones
From the myth of multitasking to ‘attention contagion,’ high school teacher Blake Havard hopes to arm educators with the tools of cognitive science.
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February 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Stuck at the Bottom: Oklahoma Reading and Math Scores Stagnate oklahomawatch.org/2025/01/31/s...
Stuck at the Bottom: Oklahoma Reading and Math Scores Stagnate - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma students’ scores in reading and math stagnated in 2024 and remained well below the U.S. average, according to national test results released this week.
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January 31, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Oklahoma Plan to Check Parents’ Citizenship Could Keep Kids from Going to School www.the74million.org/article/okla...
Oklahoma Plan to Check Parents’ Citizenship Could Keep Kids from Going to School
The move comes as State Superintendent Ryan Walters sued two Biden administration officials Tuesday over border policies.
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January 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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JUST IN- Edmond Schools Superintendent Angela Gruenwald announces she's leaving at the end of the school year.
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The district has come under direct fire in recent years by State Superintendent Ryan Walters...
January 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Governor’s office pushes back on reporting of high school graduation requirement change idea
Gov. Kevin Stitt’s office is pushing back on comments it says were taken out of context from an Oklahoma City news station story about changes to high school graduation requirements.
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January 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/m...
The Tiny Oklahoma School Trying to Bring Religion Back to Classrooms (Gift Article)
Officials in Oklahoma are laying the groundwork to push Christianity into public schools.
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December 12, 2024 at 9:03 PM
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I'm a sucker for courtroom sketches. I'm glad KFOR-TV had an artist in the courtroom for the First Amendment case that settled yesterday in federal court in Oklahoma City.
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Dan Isett, spokesman for Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters, folds his arms during settlement discussions in federal court on First Amendment violations by the State Department of Education. Ryan Walters, Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and his spokesman, Dan Isett, listen during settlement discussions in federal court on First Amendment violations by the State Department of Education.
December 12, 2024 at 2:27 PM
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Despite escalating attention-grabbing moves, Superintendent Walters passed over for secretary of education. #oklaed
Trump picks Linda McMahon to lead, and possibly dismantle, Education Department hechingerreport.org/trump-picks-...
Trump picks Linda McMahon to lead, and possibly dismantle, Education Department - The Hechinger Report
This story was produced by Chalkbeat and reprinted with permission. Former professional wrestling executive and billionaire Linda McMahon is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Depart...
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November 20, 2024 at 4:20 PM