Tulsa schools announce H1N1 vaccine dates By ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer Reader comments (4) The district is receiving shipments of vaccine from the state, as well as some from the Tulsa ... Friday, November 20, 2009		Revamp planned at Union By CLIFTON ADCOCK World Staff Writer Reader comments (6) The structure of Union Public Schools may look quite different in three to five years, with ... Friday, November 20, 2009
OU chemistry employee charged with arson By MICHAEL KIMBALL NewsOK.com Reader comments (9) The fires were set Sept. 8, 10 and 11 in the chemistry annex on the Parrington Oval, according ... Thursday, November 19, 2009		CareerTech to offer voluntary buyouts to employees By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau Reader comments (0) The Oklahoma Board of Career and Technology Education on Thursday approved a voluntary buyout ... Thursday, November 19, 2009
Retired Pocola teacher dies while trying to kill armadillo By Associated Press Reader comments (27) Authorities in Le Flore County say a retired Pocola High School teacher was killed when he ... Thursday, November 19, 2009		OSU hosts tobacco-related illness awareness event By AMANDA O'TOOLE World Correspondent Reader comments (0) Sixteen mannequins dotted the lawn near Oklahoma State University’s student union, representing ... Thursday, November 19, 2009
TPS educated on extended-learning By ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer Reader comments (3) The extended-learning-time concept that Tulsa Public Schools is considering for three middle ... Thursday, November 19, 2009		Educators plead for funds By ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer Reader comments (20) State schools are facing a funding emergency, area superintendents told the Oklahoma State ... Wednesday, November 18, 2009
OSU treats elephant involved in accident By Staff Reports Reader comments (0) Kamba, a 29 year-old elephant, wandering away and was hit by an SUV on a highway near Enid ... Wednesday, November 18, 2009		Crisis funds for education sought By ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer Reader comments (5) The Oklahoma State Board of Education on Tuesday called on the state Legislature and Gov. Brad ... Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Board approves teacher pay hikes By ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer Reader comments (39) Salary increases for teachers and a plan to slash spending both got the go-ahead from the Tulsa ... Tuesday, November 17, 2009		Oklahoma education board calls on governor to address funding By ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer Reader comments (0) “I move we pass a resolution to say it is an emergency. There is no reserve fund we can look ... Tuesday, November 17, 2009
OSU Foundation names new chairman By SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff Writer Reader comments (0) The Oklahoma State University Foundation has named Barry Pollard of Waukomis as its new ch ... Tuesday, November 17, 2009		Tulsa to consider lengthening middle school day By MATT BARNARD World Staff Writer Reader comments (51) The district will host a community forum Wednesday where representatives from the National ... Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Alliance seeks turkey, ham donations By ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer Reader comments (7) The Christian Ministers Alliance is conducting its annual Thanksgiving meal drive for low-income ... Sunday, November 15, 2009		Funding crisis looms By ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer Reader comments (110) Tulsa Public Schools' monthly funding from the state came in $1.1 million below projections ... Saturday, November 14, 2009
Area districts may see shortfalls by the end of the school year By TIM STANLEY, SARA PLUMMER and CLIFTON ADCOCK World Staff Writers Reader comments (7) Area school districts say theirmonthly state funding shortages donot mean immediate changes, ... Saturday, November 14, 2009		Oklahoma City School District faces funding cuts By JESSE OLIVAREZ NewsOK.com Reader comments (0) A shortfall in state revenue will cost the Oklahoma City School District $1 million a month ... Saturday, November 14, 2009
School funding reduced yet again By CLIFTON ADCOCK and ANDREA EGER World Staff Writers Reader comments (77) Schools will see a 7.11 percent total drop in state funding this month because of a $7 million ... Friday, November 13, 2009		Ballard: Tulsa schools face significant budget shortfall By ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer Reader comments (0) “We will do everything we can to protect the classroom this year and we will attempt to protect ... Friday, November 13, 2009

Fire damages Portland elementary school
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- More than 400 students escaped a three-alarm fire that heavily damaged a southeast Portland elementary school....

Police: NY school gunman upset over GI treatment
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
PINE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) -- Upset by the treatment of U.S. military personnel, a 42-year-old father of an Army veteran sneaked a disassembled shotgun into a middle school just after classes began Tuesday, put it together in a bathroom, then held the principal hostage for more than two hours before surrendering without firing a shot, police said....

Chicago police: No homicide in schools chief death
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
CHICAGO (AP) -- Chicago police said Wednesday that tests have revealed gunshot residue on the hand of Michael Scott - the strongest evidence yet that the president of the city''s school board took his own life....

NY officer hurt when 2 buses, patrol car collide
Thursday, November 12, 2009
NEWBURGH, N.Y. (AP) -- Authorities say an officer was seriously injured when two school buses carrying students and a police patrol car all collided in New York''s Hudson Valley....

Judge tells Chicago to let students transfer
Monday, November 16, 2009
CHICAGO (AP) -- A federal judge says Chicago Public Schools must arrange for the immediate transfer of students who want to leave a South Side high school after an honor student''s brutal beating death....