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Back to school: Make partnerships the new priority
As a new school year begins and kids go back to school, I’d like to offer some unsolicited advice to the Oklahoma City Public...
OKCPS lawsuit: In condemning, The Oklahoman ignores context
The Oklahoma City Public Schools on Monday voted to “… begin research for a possible lawsuit or lawsuits …” against the state. The OKCPS...
AP classes, tests enjoy ‘a prestige beyond merits’
Alina Tugend’s article in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, Who Benefits from the Expansion of AP Classes?, explains why advanced placement (AP) controversies are...
Letter: Technology but no sense, brains but no heart
To the editors:
Think about it: We are advanced enough to send a satellite to Saturn through a bunch of millions miles of empty space,...
Have you ever read an epic limerick before?
Epic limerick: Is not my word as a fire
by Derek Geiger
Ere the solstice time's portent
Of this season's dread intent
And the burden on the men
To...
Editorial: Show people face-to-face budget negotiations
If a picture is worth 1,000 words, Oklahoma needs a visual essay on bipartisan budget negotiations worse than Twitter needs an edit button.
As the...
As much as the game, high school football’s atmosphere entertains
High school football has a long-standing history in Oklahoma, whether it is the dominance of the eastern part of the state in the largest...
Gerrymandering, voting access focus of 2017 Town Hall
I’ve recently returned home from the Oklahoma Academy's 2017 Town Hall, and my adrenaline is still pumping. Although first founded in 1967, the nonpartisan...
Oct. 23 OKCPS board meeting briefs
(Editor's note: The following briefs were composed based off of events that took place Oct. 23 during a regular meeting of the Oklahoma City...
‘Settlement’ report complicates charter group, Board of Ed. lawsuit
After two weeks of excellent reporting, the Tulsa World’s Andrea Eger has raised questions about whether the Oklahoma Public Charter School Association (OPCSA) has...
