‘My fault’: Robert Franklin under fire for 2014 incident at special needs camp

Republican state superintendent candidate Robert Franklin grabbed a 12-year-old special needs child with enough force to leave long scratches on the sides of his...

Stakeholders seek ‘greater scrutiny’ for lagging virtual charter school performance

Student outcomes at virtual charter schools are lagging behind brick-and-mortar charter schools and traditional public schools. While stakeholders acknowledge the complex situations and difficult...

Amaziah Dominic: ‘The ripple effect of adult literacy’

The new board president at an Oklahoma City nonprofit focused on adult education has an unorthodox background, from the military to taekwondo. Established in...

Paula Lewis resigns from OKCPS chairperson post

Less than halfway through her current four-year term in elected office, Oklahoma City Public Schools Board of Education Chairwoman Paula Lewis has resigned after...

‘Not excited about those numbers’: OSDE presents teacher certification data, new initiatives

Oklahoma’s number of education preparation program completions is still decreasing year-over-year, the number of first-year teachers with traditional certifications remains less than 50 percent...

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Five key takeaways from Florida’s primaries

Florida used to have bitterly close statewide elections.  Now it’s reliably red terrain.  That conservative shift and Democratic decline have brought both opportunity and burden to...

Canada secures 11th hour deal to avoid Trump’s 50% tariffs

Canada will temporarily avoid hefty taxes that were set to go into effect at midnight after last-minute talks to avoid President Donald Trump’s latest...

ICE agents could be equipped with electric shock gloves, technology used in Oklahoma

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers could soon be equipped with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.