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State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister — Oklahoma State Department of Education

New Law Gives Oklahoma More Responsibility In Finding And Fixing Failing Schools

Many people say the former massive federal education law, No Child Left Behind, was a failure. When President George W. Bush signed it in 2002, he set a huge goal for the country: Every child would meet the proficiency standard on state tests by 2014. But, that never happened . In order to reach this ambitious goal, the law increased the federal government’s role in state education systems, particularly in improving their worst-performing schools. To be eligible for certain federal dollars,...

Recent Swarm of Earthquakes Likely To Be Aftershocks, Not Signs Of Future Quakes

Portrait of Father Stanley Rother — Archdiocese of Oklahoma City

Charlie Kenney On Guatemala's Poor And The Death Of Stanley Rother

In Conservative Oklahoma, Schools Chief Says DACA's End Will Cause 'Devastating Blow'

By editor • Sep 6, 2017

The superintendent of Oklahoma City Public Schools said Tuesday that the Trump administration’s decision to end the DACA program will be “devastating” to students and staff in the majority Hispanic district.

Alienation Grows Among Kashmir’s Youth, More Than A Year After Death Of Young Militant

By Dick Pryor & Jacob McCleland • Sep 5, 2017

More than a year after the death of a popular young militant, Kashmir’s youth are seeking independence and using social media to urge change.

As Human Rescues Wind Down, Helicopters Drop Hay To Stranded Cattle

By editor • Sep 5, 2017

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Trump Picks Oklahoma Congressman To Head NASA

By Nell Greenfieldboyce • Sep 4, 2017

President Trump's pick for the next leader of NASA is a fighter pilot who wants Americans to return to the moon but doesn't believe that humans are causing climate change.

These Oklahoma City Schools Are Named For Confederate Generals ... Or Are They?

By editor • Sep 4, 2017

District leaders in the Oklahoma City Public Schools will soon head out into the community to ask this question: Should the four elementary schools they believe are the namesake of Confederate generals be renamed?

The origin of that question goes back several weeks. Right after the violence broke out in Charlottesville, Va., Charles Henry, a school board member in Oklahoma City, voiced his concern about the name of Jackson Elementary, which he says had been bothering him for a while.

Capitol Insider: Vehicle Tax Upheld, Prison Population Sets Record, Bad Press Coverage Abroad

By Storme Jones • Sep 1, 2017

The Oklahoma Supreme Court upheld a 1.25 percent sales tax on motor vehicles Thursday.

Judge Rules That Cherokee Freedmen Have Right To Tribal Citizenship

By Kat Chow • Sep 1, 2017

A judge ruled Wednesday that the descendants of enslaved people who were owned by members of the Cherokee Nation — known as Cherokee Freedmen — have citizenship rights.

"The Cherokee Nation can continue to define itself as it sees fit," U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan wrote in his ruling, "but must do so equally and evenhandedly with respect to native Cherokees and the descendants of Cherokee Freedmen."

OU Researcher Studies Climate Change And Fire On The Brazilian Savanna

By Suzette Grillot & Christian Albuquerque • Sep 1, 2017

Ostriches are seen at a farm in the Cerrado ecosystem, outskirts of Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. — Eraldo Peres / AP

The Central Brazilian state of Goiás is home to a diverse ecosystem known as the Cerrado, which can be understood as the Brazilian savanna. The area is massive, encompassing around 2 million square kilometers, and is home to 44 species that can be found nowhere else on earth.

Around the world, fire management is often used for the purpose of disturbing ecosystems, such the Cerrado, in such a way that it can increase the diversification of species. But in Brazil, the concept of fire management is not well developed in policy.

As Cities Remove Confederate Monuments, Cherokees Grapple With Civil War Past

By Jacob McCleland • Aug 31, 2017

Cherokee Nation historian Catherine Gray discusses the Stand Watie monument at the Cherokee Nation Courthouse in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. — Jacob McCleland / KGOU

Catherine Gray walks up to a big, grey stone monument, standing tall under a lush magnolia tree on the grounds of the Cherokee Nation Courthouse in Tahlequah.

It’s monument to General Stand Watie, the last Confederate general to surrender at the end of the Civil War.

Houston Flooding Hampers Some Oklahoma Energy Businesses

By Jacob McCleland • Aug 31, 2017

Businesses are surrounded by floodwaters from Harvey, in Humble, Texas. — David J. Phillip / AP

Oklahoma energy businesses who operate in Houston and the Texas and Louisiana coast have been affected by Hurricane Harvey’s massive flooding.

This week on The Business Intelligence Report, Journal Record senior reporter Sarah Terry-Cobo discusses the storm’s impact on Oklahoma's energy industry.

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