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Questions linger after school transfer decision

Buldog sumitted ago via http://www.oklahoman.com (Views: 26, Clicks: 5)
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Editorial -- Perhaps Oklahoma City School Board members knew exactly what they were doing when unanimously denying transfers into Classen School of Advanced Studies, one of the state’s premier high schools. In doing so, the members declared — at the administration’s urging — that out-of-district students will no longer be welcome at Classen. Students already at the school who live outside the district’s borders won’t be asked to leave.

1 comments | Tags: classen school of advanced studies oklahoma city out-of-district transfers school transfers school leadership | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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School elevator victim files suit

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.oklahoman.com (Views: 28, Clicks: 4)
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One of the three teenage girls who became trapped under an elevator at the Classen School for Advanced Studies claims the November 2011 incident left her disfigured and in need of continuing medical treatment.

1 comments | Tags: classen school for advanced studies oklahoma city school safety | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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OKC principal resigns after large-scale tardiness effort

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.oklahoman.com (Views: 37, Clicks: 4)
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An Oklahoma City middle school principal has resigned in the wake of a large-scale effort to combat tardiness that left almost 100 students suspended.

2 comments | Tags: oklahoma city school climate school truancy middle school | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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More than 1 in 4 OKC district seniors lack credit needed to graduate

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.oklahoman.com (Views: 29, Clicks: 4)
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More than 2,000 high school seniors haven’t passed enough state-mandated end-of-instruction exams to graduate this year, according to survey data released Thursday by the state Education Department.

0 comments | Tags: oklahoma end of instruction exams high school graduation oklahoma city | Topic: Secondary BAD >_<

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Principal is eager to chart enterprise school’s path

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.oklahoman.com (Views: 15, Clicks: 4)
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John Marshall Mid-High School Principal Aspasia Carlson asked the Oklahoma City School Board for more freedom and more work, and next year, she’ll get both.

2 comments | Tags: oklahoma city john marshall mid-high school aspasia carlson enterprise school | Topic: Secondary BAD >_<

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School district needs regular bond issue plan

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.oklahoman.com (Views: 28, Clicks: 4)
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Editorial -- ALL over the Oklahoma City metropolitan area in the past few years, voters have consented to school bond issues. Already this year, voters in Edmond and Putnam City approved bond issues for land, construction and technology. That’s no surprise.

1 comments | Tags: oklahoma school bond issues community involvement maps for kids oklahoma city | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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This is an educational model worth emulating

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.oklahoman.com (Views: 49, Clicks: 4)
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Editorial -- FOR years, KIPP Reach College Preparatory in Oklahoma City has been one of Oklahoma’s best schools while serving low-income students from the urban core. A new study of Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) schools nationwide shows KIPP Reach is not an anomaly.

1 comments | Tags: knowledge is power program oklahoma city mathematica policy research tracy mcdaniel | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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OKC’s Myriad Gardens grew from idea planted decades before

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.oklahoman.com (Views: 53, Clicks: 5)
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Downtown City landmark opened 25 years ago today.

0 comments | Tags: community involvement myriad gardens oklahoma city dean a. mcgee | Topic: Other BAD >_<

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Oklahoma City looks for teachers beyond state borders

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.oklahoman.com (Views: 67, Clicks: 5)
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Like many school districts in the state, Oklahoma City Public Schools is in need of teachers, so administrators are looking across state lines for help. Officials are touring the Midwest this spring in search of teachers who’d like to come to Oklahoma. It’s the first outreach effort of its kind by the district.

2 comments | Tags: oklahoma city karl springer teacher recruitment digital age skype | Topic: Teaching Jobs BAD >_<

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Putnam City names superintendent

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.oklahoman.com (Views: 17, Clicks: 4)
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Fred Rhodes is coming home to the place where his career in education started. Rhodes was hired as Putnam City school district superintendent on Thursday by a unanimous vote of the five-member board of education. He is currently an assistant superintendent for Yukon Public Schools.

0 comments | Tags: putnam city school leadership fred rhodes superintendent oklahoma city | Topic: Teaching Jobs BAD >_<

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School district looks to update wellness policy

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.oklahoman.com (Views: 35, Clicks: 4)
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Dawn Chernicky hates to see students standing against the wall during recess. The physical education coordinator for Oklahoma City Public Schools said she asks children why they’re not playing, and often it’s because they’re in trouble.

0 comments | Tags: oklahoma city childhood obesity wellness policy dawn chernicky physical education | Topic: Elementary/Primary BAD >_<

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Successful schools should be celebrated

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.oklahoman.com (Views: 46, Clicks: 4)
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Editorial -- In Oklahoma City, Tracy McDaniel is principal of KIPP Reach College Preparatory charter school. More than 90 percent of the school’s students are minorities and 83 percent are poor enough to qualify for free or reduced lunch. As superintendent of Ryal Public School, Scot Trower led an institution where 90 percent of students are Muscogee (Creek) Indians, many are designated special education, and all qualify for free/reduced lunches.

1 comments | Tags: knowledge is power program oklahoma city tracy mcdaniel scot trower ryal public school | Topic: Teaching Jobs BAD >_<

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OKC superintendent to get performance goals in his contract

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.oklahoman.com (Views: 50, Clicks: 11)
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The Oklahoma City School Board has rehired its school district superintendent for the next three years and given him a 2 percent raise. But Karl Springer’s contract will have something new this time around: performance measures.

2 comments | Tags: oklahoma city third-grade social promotion reading sufficiency act karl springer student performance | Topic: Teaching Jobs BAD >_<

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Growing more than Okla. City

PiGuy sumitted ago via http://normantranscript.com (Views: 51, Clicks: 6)
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Success, they say, is an inside job. For a city, that can mean transforming the inner city into a regional draw for the arts, sports and upwardly mobile, young professionals. Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett spoke Friday to the Norman Chamber of Commerce about the renaissance of the greater metropolitan Oklahoma City area which started in the city’s core.

1 comments | Tags: oklahoma city norman oklahoma mick cornett community involvement | Topic: Other BAD >_<

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City school board OKs district uniform policy

nitajo sumitted ago via http://oklahoman.com (Views: 65, Clicks: 4)
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The Oklahoma City School Board voted 5-3 Monday to implement a district-wide uniform policy for students. The policy will go into effect for the 2013-14 school year. School administrators will set individual site rules, but every school must allow white shirts and khaki pants.

1 comments | Tags: oklahoma city school uniforms school climate student performance school security | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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