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Former Okla., Texas teacher charged with Ark. murder

By Paul Katula • Aug 2, 2025
An elementary teacher, reported as grooming girls in Texas, was set to teach at an Ark. school. But then he murdered a married couple.

SCOTUS will hear Okla. religious charter school case

By Paul Katula • Jan 24, 2025
The case concerns conflicts in the 1st Amendment: Can public funds be given to a sectarian "charter school"?

Oklahoma is not OK with test scores

By Paul Katula • Aug 23, 2024
Improved test score gains are mostly fiction, experts say. State Supt. Walters is being asked for an explanation.

Will SCOTUS hear Okla. Catholic charter school case?

By Paul Katula • Aug 1, 2024
The Okla. Charter School Board voted to appeal a state court order to end a contract with what could be the nation's 1st publicly funded religious school.

Okla. high court rejects a religious charter school

By Paul Katula • Jun 26, 2024
A 6-2 decision handed down from the Okla. Supreme Court rejects the public funding of a religious "charter" school.

On Okla.’s Approval of a Catholic Charter School

By Paul Katula • Jun 12, 2023
A Catholic public charter school, the first in the US, is set to open in Oklahoma in the fall of 2024. We disagree.

1/3 of an Okla. school returns to quarantine

By Paul Katula • Sep 26, 2020
After only a few days of in-person instruction, an Okla. high school experienced a rise in Covid cases and has resumed remote learning.

Schools seek advice on medical marijuana use

By Paul Katula • Sep 9, 2018
Some states allow new medical marijuana laws to apply to schools; others don't. Either way, it's a conflict with federal law.

Okla. teachers may walk out over pay on Monday

By Paul Katula • Mar 31, 2018
Teachers have had enough low pay. Many take 2nd jobs or sell blood plasma to pad their income. Strike possible Monday.

Mock interviews ‘flop’ a little at Milford Mill

By Paul Katula • Jan 10, 2018
Preparing to enter the workforce, students at a Baltimore-area high school work on their job interview skills with community professionals.

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