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Bell-to-bell cell phone ban to go into effect for all Oklahoma public schools
It took two years of legislative wrangling at the state house but it has finally been signed into law, a cellphone ban in all public schools starting this fall ...
Cellphones will be banned in Oklahoma schools for 2025-26 school year: What to know
Oklahoma students won’t have access to their cellphones while at school and will have fewer virtual days under bills signed ...
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Supreme Court hears arguments over publicly funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Wednesday over what would be the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter ...
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OSSAA to vote on adding shot clocks in 2026-27 Oklahoma high school basketball season
A historic change could be on the horizon for Oklahoma high school basketball. Last week, the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) Basketball Advisory Committee unanimously ...
Wall Street Journal18d
Trump’s DEI Crackdown Sparks Resistance at K-12 Schools
Donald Trump has vowed to dissolve the Education Department. Oklahoma schools superintendent Ryan Walters and former U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan explain the potential impact of Trump’s ...
Carson Now18d
Lyon County Commissioners OK school resource officer agreement; hear public land plans from BLM, power proposal at industrial center
Other Board Actions: · Sheriff’s Office School Resource Officers (SRO) – The Board approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Lyon County and the Lyon County School District for the ...
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Chino Valley schools OK complaints against California over transgender athletes
at a Chino Valley school board meeting where trustees agreed to file two federal complaints against the state of California for its policies on transgender students. The board also OK’d a ...
The Oklahoman20d
Proposed Oklahoma law would force disabled children out of public schools | Opinion
Public education in Oklahoma has been in decline since 2011 — the same year the state reached its highest national education ranking at No. 17. That was the year Mary Fallin took office as governor.
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What's the best OK high school if you want to go to an Ivy League school? List names top 5
Only a small percentage of those who apply to Ivy League schools are accepted, and a handful of those are from Oklahoma each year. A new list was released this week by PolarisList, ranking high ...
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What's the best OK high school if you want to go to an Ivy League school? List names top 5
Only a small percentage of those who apply to Ivy League schools are accepted, and a handful of those are from Oklahoma each year. A new list was released this week by PolarisList, ranking high ...
Austin American-Statesman22d
Texas House gives initial OK to $1B school voucher proposal, rejects call for referendum
Proponents of a controversial school voucher program cheered early Thursday morning after the Texas House gave its initial approval to a proposal that had for years been roadblocked by the lower ...
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Texas House gives initial OK to $7.7 billion school funding package
The Texas House gave initial approval to a $7.7 billion education finance package Wednesday that would give public schools ... House gave the bill an initial OK, House Speaker Dustin Burrows ...