Public comment is now open for Oklahoma’s new social studies academic standards. This year’s version is markedly different from the standards put out by former State Superintendent Ryan Walters’ administration.
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Tulsa Public Schools tentatively drops special education ‘guardrails’ while failing to meet them
The TPS board spent nearly three hours Tuesday night drafting a framework for the district’s next five-year plan. It won’t include specific expectations for special ed services.
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Fifth graders at Tulsa’s Clinton West Elementary report ‘terrible’ lunches to school board
While the majority of Tulsa Public Schools’ Monday meeting focused on district finances, letters from fifth grade students focused on dismal cafeteria menus.
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‘When I’m superintendent, I’ll come back’: Adam Pugh courts Tulsa conservatives
The conservative candidate for state superintendent attended TPS board member E’Lena Ashley’s community meeting to talk education — not to campaign, he said.
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Tulsa hopes to keep more child care centers open with removal of sprinkler mandate
Hundreds of residential day cares in Tulsa will no longer have to pay for a commercial-grade sprinkler system after a unanimous council vote.
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Schools relying on virtual instruction days lose option next year
A legislative ban on virtual classes takes effect for the 2026-27 school year.
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OU-Tulsa School of Community Medicine ends contracts, shutters clinic
Interim dean says faculty members are not being terminated, but the medical school must eliminate a large deficit.
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Oasis Fresh Market provides free lunch and dinner for students as Tulsa snow days mount
Oasis is one of two grocers in north Tulsa, which is considered a food desert with limited access to nutritious options.
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To close or not to close? Tulsa-area school districts make decisions on fourth snow day
Some school districts will extend closures into Thursday due to poor road conditions. Others are opening up campus after Winter Storm Fern.
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Grocery store offers free emergency meals to Tulsa kids amid winter storm
Oasis Fresh Market will host an emergency meal distribution for children from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday.
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To win title No. 18, Tulsa’s Booker T. Washington will have to keep overcoming the odds
The Hornets — and their proud alumni — expect to win state championships. Will 2026 bring another? Coach Eli K. Brown III says yes.
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Third snow day on the way as Tulsa-area school districts announce closure, remote learning plans
School districts across the Tulsa metro plan to extend closures into Wednesday, citing poor road conditions after a weekend winter storm.