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The "science of reading" is returning to the limelight, and Oklahoma schools and universities are using those techniques to teach literacy to the next generation.
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Thursday’s State Board of Education meeting highlights include more progress reports from Tulsa Public Schools, State Superintendent Ryan Walters condemning a guidance letter from Stillwater Public Schools on new administrative rules and denying student requests to change gender markers.
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He hasn’t said what he plans to do with Tulsa Public Schools’ accreditation yet, but State Superintendent Ryan Walters says the district’s reading scores need to drastically improve for him to be satisfied.
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Summer Boismier was an Oklahoma high school English teacher who gave her students a QR code that led to the Brooklyn Public Library's page on banned books. Controversy ensued, leading her to quit her job ultimately.
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Ryan Walters' proposal is $59 million less than his predecessor Joy Hofmeister's and no longer includes her proposed $5,000 pay raise for teachers.
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Oliver James is a TikTok star who pledged to read 100 books this year. He has had a lot of difficulty with reading since he was a child and is now teaching himself at age 34.
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Huge numbers of kids are struggling to read. Why? Because literacy curriculum used in thousands of classrooms doesn’t work.
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We're not talking YA, or young adult, fiction; teens usually want to pick out their own reads. But we've got recommendations for a book for 12-year-olds or younger, maybe something a parent could read with them.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics discuss Gov. Kevin Stitt's veto of a bill dealing with tribal jurisdiction in traffic violations, as the House begins its investigation of the Department of Tourism's deal with Swadley's Bar-B-Q.
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Oklahoma is strengthening its relationship with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program. The $2.5 million investment of federal COVID-19 relief funds is designed to expand the program to all of Oklahoma’s 77 counties.