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Doing the Work: How to Support Black Voices within Your Organization
SocialGovs Christina Roach & Victor Henderson let you know four things you can do to get started within your organization.
movie review-Rio 2 soars on wings of high expectations, lays multiple bad eggs
Those who can fly off to paradise, do. Those who can’t, see Rio 2.
Today’s technology is lagging behind the times
We are closer to being the Jetsons than ever before.
The common misconception in America is that there are more black men in jail than in college, but the Men of Color Mentoring Program and students like Ira Thomas and Marcus Johnson are proving that statistic wrong.
NE student manages classes, digital gaming business
A NE student is working to leave his mark on the gaming world.
Dropping classes can cost students, create problems
NE student Jessica Venzor dropped an economics and English class when she first began her college career in 2007.
NE student on his way to career in opera singing
“Let’s go to the opera,” said just about no 18-year-old ever — that is, unless they’re like Michael Pandolfo.
With Teachers and Students, a Racial Divide
Schools in Oklahoma are looking to address the lack of diversity among teachers in the classroom compared with the student population. Black, white and Hispanic students in many schools are unlikely to have classes with teachers from similar backgrounds.
Comparing Salaries Among School Superintendents
School superintendents in Oklahoma earn a wide range of salaries, with more than half pulling down over $100,000 in total compensation.
Education Department Reconsidering Redactions
The state Department of Education will reconsider a rule they say forced them to redact the graduation rates of nearly 60 percent of the state’s school districts.
Beyond the Racist Chant: The Facts About Black Inequality
Recent controversy over a racist chant at a University of Oklahoma fraternity focused attention on the state’s race relations. But the numbers beneath the headlines perhaps cast a longer shadow.
Stacking Up Oil and Gas States’ ‘Rainy Day Funds’
Gov. Mary Fallin and legislative leaders have agreed to tap $78.5 million, or about a fifth, of the state’s “Rainy Day Fund” to partially offset current-year cuts to budgets for common education and corrections.
Expected of Teachers: Spend Hundreds on Classroom Supplies
Elementary music teacher Tony Flores’ entire classroom budget for the year will be expended on music for three performances. Last year, he bought new instruments, to the tune of $1,000 out of his own bank account.
In Oklahoma’s capital, the voices of low-income people are like faintly heard footsteps behind the long march of an oil and gas boom, which is stumbling. Some impoverished areas seem stuck in time, struggling with blight, crime and other issues. University of Oklahoma students and Oklahoma Watch journalists joined forces to gather short videos and deep data about residents' concerns in these areas and then record responses from leaders—a virtual conversation.