Eryn Caffey does not work at your typical public school. The students that go to Lincoln Academy in Enid, Oklahoma go for extra support – whether that be access to an extensive English language development program or remedial classes at the alternative high school. As one of the English as
From Surfing to Seminole: One OEA Member Still Adapting in 57th Year of Teaching If you visited a Seminole track meet, you might not realize the humble, unassuming 70-something-year-old middle school coach with a subtle and soothing Oklahoma drawl was once a bodysurfing teenager on the beaches of Orange County,
Q. What level of funding do you believe Oklahoma’s K-12 public schools need, and as State Superintendent, what would you do to advocate for funding? John Cox: “Okay. So, actually, four years ago — and this is just based upon what I see in my school and the money that
Q&A with Ivy Riggs Ivy Riggs, OEA’s associate executive director for the Center of Legislative and Political Organizing, recently sat down with us to talk about the upcoming legislative session, which begins February 7. Education Focus – Last year, we experienced one of the worst legislative sessions for public education.
Senate Bill 634 targets OEA members by complicating payroll deduction by requiring you to re-register your membership every year. The red tape this bill generates will cost as much as $7 million annually for Oklahoma school districts to implement. This cost is an unfunded mandate. Schools will have to take money
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