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Oklahoma’s public school system showed consistent levels of academic results but weakening growth in the 2022-23 school year compared to the year before.
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Wednesday night’s development comes after months of fierce infighting between GOP lawmakers — and with less than a week left in the current special session. Lawmakers only have until Tuesday, Nov. 7 to send legislation to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.
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State Superintendent Ryan Walters is again taking aim at teachers’ unions, this time with the announcement of an Oklahoma State Department of Education public awareness campaign he says highlights teacher unions’ positions on issues.
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Tuesday was the last day for the Texas House to take an initial vote on Senate bills. Legislation to require the Ten Commandments in public schools did not make it to the floor by the midnight deadline.
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The initial proposal, passed by the Senate last month, included language that would effectively terminate tenure offers across the state. But the version approved Monday by the House dropped the ban.
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In the wake of a contentious fight over an education budget compromise only unveiled this week, lawmakers are making more time for themselves.
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The new facility is bigger and will allow for more opportunities to rock
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State lawmakers vowed to do right by teachers during the 88th legislative session, as tens of thousands of educators have left the field in recent years. But the bills that still have a chance of passing only include modest raises that may not keep teachers in the classroom.
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Abbott says if a school voucher bill isn’t expanded to include more students, a special legislative session will be the result.
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Oklahoma lawmakers announced a deal on education funding following weeks of back and forth.