The odds of passing a driver's test for a Class D license might depend in part on where the test is taken and who gives the exam, a Tulsa World analysis of exam data shows.
Lunt will have to sit out this season but will have three years of eligibility remaining. Lunt’s family lives in Rochester, Ill., about an hour and a half from the Illinois campus.
Ask several Tulsa real estate professionals how business was a few years ago, and you'll get similar answers.
The winner of the NBC competition will be announced during its Tuesday night live show. The Muskogee duo sang an Eagles song during Monday's performance.
By WAYNE GREENE World Senior Writer
Leading the effort at OU is Associate Chemistry Professor Mark Morvant, executive director of the school's Center for Teaching Excellence.
By ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer
At-risk youths in Tulsa could soon have a new path to high school credentials and job skills that would prepare them for the job market immediately.
By KIM ARCHER World Staff Writer
In a digital world of computers, keyboards and fonts, there is still a place for cursive writing, according to workshop facilitator and certified handwriting specialist Angie Kalman.
By SARA PLUMMER World Staff Writer
The Tulsa Community College board of regents voted Thursday to raise tuition and mandatory fees by 2.36 percent, increasing the cost for in-state students by $2.50 per credit hour.
The state Board of Education on Wednesday approved policies for 150-hour intensive boot camps to get more special education teachers into Oklahoma classrooms amid a severe shortage statewide.
Administrators at Oklahoma State University-Tulsa say there are benefits to taking a college course in a classroom, and they are willing to put money on it.
Classrooms across the city will soon feel the squeeze from higher-than-expected federal sequestration-related cuts, Tulsa Public Schools officials said Tuesday.
Abraham Richards had earned B's in geometry class, so when he failed to pass Oklahoma's End of Instruction exam in that subject, he found himself in a state of denial.
Teach for America welcomed 700 of its new recruits to Tulsa on Monday for the kickoff of the city's second TFA Summer Institute.
Jack Herron, a former assistant superintendent of finance for the Oklahoma State Department of Education, announced Monday that he will run for state superintendent of public instruction in 2014.
"I am not buying the explanation that seems to insulate Miller and others. There had to be a great deal of conversation between Rob and the parents. Clearly this was orchestrated," state Superintendent Janet Barresi wrote.
By RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer
With interest rates on a popular form of student loans set to double July 1, Congress and the Obama administration appear locked in a stalemate over how to fix the problem.
As many as 56 Oklahoma school buildings were damaged after massive tornadoes and severe storms ripped through the middle part of the state in a two-week period last month, the state Department of Education reported Friday.
For a whopping 85 percent of Tulsa kids, school isn't just the place they go to fill their minds - it's also the place they rely on for full bellies.
By SAMANTHA VICENT World Staff Writer
For Hilda Guevara, the year she spent as a foreign exchange student at Tulsa's Daniel Webster High School was one of the best in her life.
Graduates from 20 area high schools have been named recipients of National Merit Scholarships.
Oklahoma's public school graduation rates continue to trend higher, hovering slightly below the national average for the class of 2010, the most recent year for which data are available, according to Education Week's 2013 Diplomas Count report released Thursday.
The Tulsa school board on Monday approved a series of facility-repurposing proposals and boundary changes for 2013-14, including the creation of a McLain seventh-grade center and a centralized enrollment center.
Common Core standards and its benefits to businesses was touted at this year's State of Education luncheon hosted by the Tulsa Regional Chamber.
When kids get out of school for the summer, they are ready for carefree days of swimming and playing.
As part of the confidential agreement, Sisney released a public apology to the women.
By SILAS ALLEN NewsOK.com
Public colleges and universities across the state can expect to see an increase in state funding during the upcoming fiscal year.
By ZIVA BRANSTETTER World Enterprise Editor
Faced with the prospect of holding back more than 20 percent of all third-graders, Tulsa Public Schools is continuing its focus on reversing a downward spiral in reading scores.
By LENZY KREHBIEL-BURTON World Correspondent
Fifteen high school and college students from the Cherokee Nation will be following in their ancestors' footsteps for the next three weeks.
The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education will vote on funding levels for public colleges and universities at a meeting Friday.
By MICHAEL OVERALL World Staff Writer
For the second-straight year, Zampella's 12-year-old daughter, Richelle, was in suburban Washington, D.C., to represent the eastern half of Oklahoma.
By MIKE AVERILL World Staff Writer
For much of her young life, Angela Fowler didn't care for school. She and her family moved around the north Tulsa area frequently, something that made getting into a groove at a school difficult, she said.
Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Keith Ballard has recommended that McLain seventh-graders be moved to the old Alcott Elementary School building next year to free up space at McLain Junior High and High School.
Terry Coburn's third-grade class had to say goodbye to their teacher for the second time this year. Only this time, it was because Thursday was the last day of school. The first was nearly seven weeks ago, when she left to have a double mastectomy after her breast cancer diagnosis.
Storm shelters in schools may be as rare as they are in any other public buildings, but experts in emergency preparedness and construction engineering say more can be done to protect vulnerable schoolchildren. Storm-safety measures at Broken Arrow, Jenks schools restricted by cost Aftermath Notebook: Senate passes relief bill from 'rainy day' fund
Neither Broken Arrow or Jenks schools have underground shelters for students in the event of a tornado, but both districts have taken measures to keep children as safe as possible.
Jenks Public Schools Superintendent Kirby Lehman and Union Public Schools Superintendent Cathy Burden - two of the state's most outspoken voices for public education - are counting down the last days in their posts.
Tornado drills are a routine part of school life in Oklahoma, but local officials say all of the preparation in the world could never be enough when the worst of the worst happens. Find all the coverage from the Moore tornado, including photo slideshows and a video from the World’s award winning photographers. Find updates from the state of Oklahoma on the tornado aftermath.
Graduation is something to be celebrated, but this soon-to-be Hale High School grad is too concerned about making a better future for himself to savor the occasion.
When Yuka Ito came to the United States to study, she bypassed colleges in large, internationally known cities in favor of northeast Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma State Department of Education is investigating Jenks Public Schools apparently to see if its parent-led movement to opt students out of "field tests" was instigated or encouraged by district employees, the Tulsa World has learned.
"We have had a very, very, extremely bumpy road," said Rep. Lee Denney, R-Cushing, the author of House Bill 1658. "I've heard the same complaints all of you have."
KIPP Tulsa College Preparatory's motto is "climbing the mountain to college," and its inaugural class of fifth-graders are doing just that.
It's called a fifth-grade promotion, but the ceremony Thursday for Lanier Elementary School's fifth-graders had all the earmarks of a graduation.
Nobody really knows what 18-year-old Mary Washer understands about walking across the dais at the Mabee Center to receive her high school diploma.
Students from Monte Cassino's early childhood learning center and elementary school took turns emptying bags and jars full of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters into a counting machine Wednesday at the private Catholic school.
By KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer
Desiree Aguilar knows what kids want in their city parks - Wi-Fi.
Students from other states and countries would be accepted at the Oklahoma School of Science and Math under legislation advanced through a House committee Wednesday.
An agreement between Tulsa Technology Center and St. Gregory's University will soon allow Tulsa Tech's applied science students to transfer credits toward an associate's or bachelor's degree.
Voters in the Tulsa Public Schools district overwhelmingly approved a $38 million bond issue Tuesday that will provide teachers with modern instructional technology and students with up-to-date computers.
Asked whether learning to cope with bullies is not a part of growing up, Denney said the legislation is necessary because the ability to fight back has been diminished.
The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday so voters can consider a $38 million bond proposal that would improve technology and safety in Tulsa Public Schools.
Like many 14-year-old girls, Jessica Quillman loves horses, even though she's never ridden one.
Tulsa Public Schools is asking voters to approve a $38 million bond proposal on Tuesday to help the district catch up to the technology already available in nearly every suburban school district.
Experience has taught local educators Jill Steeley and John Waldron that getting to know students is the first step to effective teaching.
Walking across the stage at East Central High School's graduation ceremony this month won't be like crossing the finish line for Jennifer Hickling, Stephanie Thao and Marisol Trejo.
Planned renovations to the University of Oklahoma's Bizzell Memorial Library are beginning to take shape.
"These exams epitomize high-stakes testing," said House Democratic Leader Scott Inman, D-Del City.
Tulsa Superintendent Keith Ballard said he was incredulous at the Education Department's response..
Oklahoma's only two U.S. Presidential Scholars this year are from Tulsa.
Students at nearly a dozen Tulsa schools will have new academic support systems in place this fall.
Even with digital-age technologies, a paperless classroom may seem like a pipe dream.
Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Keith Ballard and House Majority Leader Fred Jordan were among the local leaders who reacted to the state's new budget deal at a Thursday afternoon event.
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Two Republican House members said Thursday that they will seek legislation to invalidate statewide testing that has been plagued by computer failure.
By ANDREA EGER & KIM ARCHER World Staff Writers
Tulsa Superintendent Keith Ballard and a growing number of state lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are now calling into question the validity of the 2012-13 Oklahoma testing program for public school students.
Many Tulsa students who were affected by the technical problems on Monday and Tuesday went without lunch because tests that should have taken a couple of hours in the morning stretched out over four to five hours.
Oklahoma students taking state tests Tuesday were again stopped cold after the testing company's computer servers crashed for a second consecutive day.
A group of local educators and parents is organizing to advocate for change in Oklahoma's state testing program because they think its expansion has had harmful effects on children.
Jay Garrett doesn't mind that budget cuts have forced music teachers like him to divide their time between three different school sites.
School testing came to a halt statewide early Monday because the CTB/McGraw-Hill testing company servers in New Jersey crashed around 9 a.m., state education officials said. CONTINUING COVERAGE: Read all stories dealing with Tulsa's education system.
Oklahoma is bucking national trends by increasing student enrollment and per-pupil state funding rates in its public prekindergarten programs, according to a new study by the National Institute for Early Education Research.
The first thing Lou Robertson is going to do after retirement is take a trip to Mount Rushmore with her husband.
The proposed sale of the vacant lot where Barnard Elementary School once stood has hit a dead end.
By RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer
Skiatook Public Schools has promoted its assistant high school principal to principal.
A greater percentage of Oklahoma high school graduates are taking Advanced Placement exams and receiving passing scores than in previous years, but the state still lags behind the national average growth in both respects, officials said Thursday.
Residents of historic neighborhoods around where Barnard Elementary School once stood were united Thursday in opposing the sale of the vacant lot to a nursing home developer.
By SAMANTHA VICENT World Correspondent
"America's Brightest Orange" took on a new meaning Tuesday, when Oklahoma State University President Burns Hargis announced a milestone in OSU's "Branding Success" campaign.
Tulsa Public Schools' Booker T. Washington has been picked as Oklahoma's top public high school by U.S. News & World Report's 2013 Best High School Rankings.
The Union Public Schools board and the Union Schools Education Foundation announced Wednesday the creation of the Dr. Cathy Burden Legacy Endowment Fund in honor of the longtime superintendent, who will retire this year.
Gov. Mary Fallin signed into law on Tuesday a measure that will give local school districts a role in determining whether the most profoundly disabled students have made enough progress to graduate from high school.
Angela Bagby's students in the autism classroom at Marshall Elementary School can't verbalize the answers to a spelling test or hold a pencil for more than a few minutes at a time because of sensory issues.
Search a Tulsa World database of public school staff salaries for school year 2011-2012. Top 5 districts by average teacher base salary 1. Tannehill, Pittsburg County: $43,152.57 2. Straight, Texas County: $42,610.76 3. Chouteau-Mazie, Mayes County: $42,379.17 4. Cleora, Delaware County: $42,337.42 5. Thomas-Fay-Custer Unified, Custer County: $42,173.51 See the median and average teacher base salary for all Oklahoma school districts. (Excel document).
View all of the 2010-2011 district test scores View all of the 2009-2010 district test scores
View the grade information sheet on each district in the Tulsa metro. Tulsa Bartlesville Berryhill Bixby Broken Arrow Catoosa Claremore Collinsville Glenpool Jenks Liberty Owasso Sand Springs Sapulpa Skiatook Sperry Union
View the grade information sheets on each school in districts in the Tulsa metro. Tulsa Bartlesville Berryhill Bixby Broken Arrow Catoosa Claremore Collinsville Glenpool Jenks Liberty Owasso Sand Springs Sapulpa Skiatook Sperry Union Oklahoma School test scores: If you can't find your school, visit the State Board of Education website to search all Oklahoma schools.
How to read the A-F report card A-F Report Cards quick reference guide for parents A-F Report Card guide from the Oklahoma State Department of Education ”Raise the Grade Together” resource guide for school districts
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Tulsa woman crashes through brick wall, cited A person inside a nearby house said the crash sounded 'like an earthquake.'
Man gets life in prison for fatal shooting in Tulsa bar Jacob Wayne Smith, 31, was convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of Luis Torres.
TCC Metro Campus to remain closed Tuesday due to electrical malfunction The unveiling of the plans for a Gathering Place for Tulsa will still take place Tuesday.
Child's baby-sitter charged with raping her multiple times The 9-year-old girl told a family member the man had been “raping her ... for two years.”
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Texas man drowns in Red River below Denison Dam Enrique Amador's body was recovered about 10 feet from the riverbank in about 4 feet of water.
Tulsa school board interviews deputy superintendent candidate More than 20 people have applied for the position, and others might be interviewed in the future.
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Lightning sparks house fire that displaces family Four people and three dogs evacuated prior to firefighters arriving; there were no injuries.
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Arizona law on voter registration tossed out by Supreme Court The justices voted 7-2 to throw out Arizona's voter-approved requirement that prospective voters document ...
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