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We find ourselves in a significant time as public education throughout the nation faces critical challenges, says Moises Echeverria, president and CEO of the Foundation for Tulsa Schools.
At a nonpartisan online town hall forum Thursday night, panelists asked voters to keep public education front and center when they go to the polls Nov. 8. #oklaed
"Recently, I realized that we have a beautiful prayer, a promise that should offend no one and remind us of the United States of America’s mission. It is the opening statement, the preface to our Constitution," says Tulsa resident Judie Suess.
Some Florida schools have moved library books and debated changing textbooks in response to a law critics call "Don't Say Gay" — and some teachers have worried that family pictures on their desks could get them in trouble.
"Our community was determined to have an excellent school system. PTA meetings were held in evenings so that the teachers and fathers with influence could participate in building a successful system," writes Tulsa resident Judie Seuss.
Voters on Tulsa Public Schools’ southside will have their choice of four candidates on Feb. 8 for a spot on the board of education. #oklaed
Although classes do not start for two more months, Union Public Schools has set its bell schedule for the 2021-2022 school year.
Only 43% of parents volunteer for a school committee, and that lowers in the higher grades.
Chyanna Renee Patterson, 37, is accused of retaining all money collected from the Bell Elementary Turkey Bingo event and the money collected from students for Bell Elementary T-shirts, among other embezzlement activities.
Each school site is conducting its own activities throughout the week, including handing out prizes and gift cards, providing meals and snacks, and decorating the hallways with arts and crafts.
Woolley is a licensed speech pathologist with five children, two are adults and three enrolled in TPS. She has served on the Zarrow International School's PTA board and is a volunteer in Reading Partners at Mark Twain Elementary.
School teachers and PTA organizations have been doing that for years.
School teachers and PTA organizations have been doing that for years.
Stay-at-home mom; former mental health and substance abuse case manager
Everyone has a stake in making sure Oklahoma offers the best quality in public education.
It is hard to ignore the lack of involvement of parents in parent/school organizations.
Teacher Appreciation Week illustrate more pointedly the have and have-nots in public schools.
The meeting comes two weeks after a cellphone video emerged of an Edison teacher throwing two desks and yelling at students in class. In November, two students were arrested after breaking into the school during a basketball game and groping a janitor.
For 43 years, schoolkids and their parents have clipped the labels from cookie bags and cracker boxes as part of a popular rewards program called Labels for Education.
Advice for all young people is to learn basic car maintenance and repairs — it'll save so much money later.
DeVos is welcome not because she's qualified to be a teacher or administrator. She isn't. Without a credential or any experience as an educator, she wouldn't even be hired at a school. But the Senate confirmed her, so now it's time to move forward and provide DeVos an education on public schools.
Photo Gallery: Get to know your billionaire Education Secretary Betsy DeVos
Council President Tina Winslow Kaminski said she invited Bynum to speak because she wanted him to know that the PTAs want his input and want to be involved in his decisions.
The city is hiring 10 crossing guards to work at Tulsa, Jenks and Union public schools that have crossing locations within Tulsa city limits.