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Support grows to restsore $5000 teacher stipend

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 168, Clicks: 4)
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Lawmakers say there is growing support to pay for a $5,000 teacher stipend program that was not funded by the state Board of Education.

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Ever feel like you ended up in the wrong place?

MrGreen sumitted ago via http://www.okobserver.net (Views: 151, Clicks: 12)
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Sharon Martin -- The State Department of Education threw an educational leadership conference. Their website invited administrators and teachers to sign up, but when a local group suggested that National Board Certified Teachers who lost their funding should attend the conference, the website was taken down.

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'The new normal'

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.okgazette.com (Views: 122, Clicks: 2)
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Clifton Adcock -- Despite some major budget cuts in the past couple of years because of state revenue shortfalls, the state has continued to fund the bonuses, albeit at a lower level. However, the National Board Certified Teachers bonus fund was one of several programs to be cut back to zero after a new budget was narrowly passed on June 23 by the State Board of Education.

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Burrage criticizes Barresi’s decision on National Board Certified Teachers

nitajo sumitted ago via http://oksenate.com (Views: 184, Clicks: 7)
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Sen. Sean Burrage today said State Superintendent Janet Barresi's decision to defund the National Board Certification Teacher (NBCT) incentive program represents an epic failure of leadership.

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Brown files teacher stipend legislation

Newman sumitted ago via http://tahlequahdailypress.com (Views: 151, Clicks: 8)
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State Rep. Mike Brown, D-Tahlequah, has filed legislation he says will ensure National Board-Certified Teachers receive the stipends promised to them by the state.

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A promise with one caveat

Newman sumitted ago via http://normantranscript.com (Views: 138, Clicks: 3)
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Oklahoma’s new Secretary of Education Janet Barresi is taking considerable criticism for the decision to pass the $5,000 National Board Certification bill on to school districts.

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Education budget cuts stun lawmakers

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 165, Clicks: 5)
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Legislators were surprised by state Superintendent Janet Barresi's decision to eliminate national certification bonuses and reimbursement payments from this year's education budget.

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Oklahoma superintendent Janet Barresi to address administrators

nitajo sumitted ago via http://newsok.com (Views: 106, Clicks: 3)
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Oklahoma's Superintendent of Public Instruction Janet Barresi will deliver her first State of Education address to a group of public school administrators in Oklahoma City.

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Oklahoma education budget cuts end popular programs, have big impact

nitajo sumitted ago via http://newsok.com (Views: 162, Clicks: 17)
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Of all the cuts made to Oklahoma education since 2010, none have drawn more rancor, scorn or criticism than the $18 million slashed from a fund filled with special programs endorsed by lawmakers.

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Barresi spokesman defends state schools activities fund allocations

nitajo sumitted ago via http://capitolbeatok.com (Views: 148, Clicks: 3)
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The lead spokesman for Superintendent of Public Instruction Janet Barresi rebuffed criticisms of his boss and of the state Board of Education, contending the governing body for public schools in Oklahoma faced “tough decisions” and made them within the law and under authority granted to the state Department of Education.

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Okla. Teachers' Bonus Program Cut From State Budget

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.koco.com (Views: 169, Clicks: 3)
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The $401 million activities budget includes full funding for health benefits for teachers and support staff and for state payments into the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma, which had not been fully funded by the state during the past fiscal year. But to meet those obligations, Barresi said, other programs had to be cut.

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State education cuts explained

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 153, Clicks: 3)
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Amid more outcry from leaders of Tulsa alternative education programs that have lost all state funding, Oklahoma education officials are explaining how they went about slashing more than $18.5 million from the school activities budget.

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State board axes funds for award-winning Street School

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 169, Clicks: 13)
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Local education leaders are continuing to come to grips with more bad budget news, including total elimination of state funding for an award-winning dropout prevention program in Tulsa.

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Breaking a promise

Buldog sumitted ago via http://normantranscript.com (Views: 164, Clicks: 7)
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Editorial -- Lawmakers for years have called for more accountability and standards for Oklahoma’s public school teachers. Some wanted merit pay, meaning teachers who achieve certain standards get higher pay. Thousands of Oklahoma teachers took them on their word and achieved the National Board certified status.

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barresi open meeting

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.youtube.com (Views: 224, Clicks: 13)
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Oklahoma Watchdog asks Oklahoma State Superintendent Janet Barresi about whether the June, 2011, agenda conforms to the Open Meetings Law because of the elimination of payments to National Board Certified teachers which was not expressly written on the agenda.

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Support grows to restsore $5000 teacher stipend

Ever feel like you ended up in the wrong place?

'The new normal'

Burrage criticizes Barresi’s decision on National Board Certified Teachers

Brown files teacher stipend legislation

A promise with one caveat

Education budget cuts stun lawmakers

Oklahoma superintendent Janet Barresi to address administrators

Oklahoma education budget cuts end popular programs, have big impact

Barresi spokesman defends state schools activities fund allocations

Okla. Teachers' Bonus Program Cut From State Budget

State education cuts explained

State board axes funds for award-winning Street School

Breaking a promise

barresi open meeting

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