Beth Wallis
Education ReporterBeth Wallis is StateImpact Oklahoma's education reporter. She joined the collaborative in December 2021, initially focusing on environment and science reporting.
Beth holds two degrees from Oklahoma State University. After teaching band at a public school for five years, she pursued another degree — this time in journalism at The University of Oklahoma.
Previously, Beth was a student reporter for KGOU and The Oklahoma Daily.
In April 2021, she worked with Next Generation Radio, reporting on the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre. The digital journalism and audio training project was a collaboration between KOSU and the OSU School of Strategic Communications.
Beth is also a News21 Fellowship alum, and the Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists, Professional Chapter awarded her first place for At the Seams podcast, which chronicled the community of Norman, Okla. during calls to defund the police, recalls of local politicians and ongoing threats and harassment.
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Nationally, college enrollment has declined over the last 15 years. But Oklahoma’s two largest universities managed to avoid the post-COVID fallout and are now at all-time highs. -
State Superintendent Ryan Walters asked lawmakers for a $3 million allocation at Thursday’s Senate budget hearing to purchase Bibles for Oklahoma classrooms. -
Sen. Ally Seifried (R-Claremore) filed a bill to require districts to craft policies to prohibit cell phone use on school grounds during the school day, or “bell-to-bell.” -
Gov. Kevin Stitt’s office is pushing back on comments it says were taken out of context from an Oklahoma City news station story about changes to high school graduation requirements. -
Change and uncertainty abound as 2025 begins. But the StateImpact Oklahoma team will help guide you through and keep you informed about the seismic shifts coming in education policy, health care and the climate crisis. StateImpact managing editor Logan Layden and the StateImpact reporters to preview what’s to come. -
The Oklahoma State Department of Education released proposed revisions to social studies standards Thursday. The guideline draft features a significant increase in content on Christianity and patriotism. -
Students with disabilities are spending more time in general education. Are teachers being prepared?University teacher prep programs are changing to meet the expectations of more inclusive classrooms. -
Against a backdrop of record emergency certifications issued in the state and high staffing vacancy levels, a new report suggests a potential “turning point” in the momentum to recover Oklahoma’s teacher workforce. -
After a national search, Sean Burrage was sworn in at Thursday’s State Regents meeting as the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education’s tenth chancellor. -
The gender gap of college degree holders is continuing to widen, according to a new report from the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.
