Oklahoma City
EDUCATION
State senator says she intends to take Walters, education officials to court
OKLAHOMA CITY — A state senator says she intends to take the state’s top school board, the state superintendent and the Oklahoma State Department of Education to court after she was denied entry to a closed-door meeting last week. Sen. Mary Boren, D-Norman, said she’s deciding whether to pursue legal action through the Attorney General’s […] The post State senator says she intends to take Walters, education officials to court appeared first on Oklahoma Voice.
Oklahoma’s 2 largest school districts now both led by Black women, a first in state history
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma reached a new milestone on Monday with a new superintendent taking office in Oklahoma City Public Schools. For the first time, Black women are simultaneously leading the state’s two largest school districts, OKCPS and Tulsa Public Schools. Jamie Polk stepped into the OKCPS superintendent...
UCO to improve female athletics equality after court-approved Title IX settlement
OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — A federal court approved a class action settlement on Monday that requires the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) to provide female student-athletes with equal treatment and opportunities. The settlement also requires the university to hire an outside expert to conduct a review of its intercollegiate...
UCO’s Interactive Crime Scene House
Forensic Science Institute (FSI) are called to a crime scene, it won’t be their first. Yes, their experience may be with manufactured bullet holes and bloodstains, but the knowledge is very real thanks to the interactive crime scene house now in use on Edmond’s campus. The 1,600 square...
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