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This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses Gov. Stitt's effort to use state employees as substitute teachers amid the current omicron surge and an initiative petition on recreational marijuana.

Amid the latest coronavirus surge, Oklahoma City Public Schools announced the district is increasing its substitute pay by $70 a day.

Republicans plan to take advantage of school closures ahead of midterm congressional elections this year.

Officials say they hope their standards can be a model for the country of social studies teaching that is culturally responsive, as student populations grow increasingly diverse.

Nearly 300 school districts have pivoted at least one site to distance learning because of the coronavirus this semester — a rate of closures so far unseen during the pandemic.

Oklahoma's State Department of Education fielded a pair of allegations that schools violated the state’s so-called critical race theory ban last fall.

NPR's Michel Martin checks in with Diane Lundahl, a Spanish teacher at Hamilton High School in Chandler, Ariz., about in-person classes.

Burnout and thinning substitute teacher rolls plus the fallout of the omicron surge is pushing school leaders to the brink of desperation. Lawmakers are responding by rewriting hiring rules.

Albuquerque isn't alone. Five school districts in New Mexico have suffered major cyberattacks in the past two years, including one that's still dealing with an attack that hit just after Christmas.

Tulsa Public Schools has become the largest traditional public school district in Oklahoma, taking the top spot from Oklahoma City in the fall 2021 student count.