OKLAHOMA CITY (November 14, 2017) – The Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a think tank that provides research and analysis on education policy in the U.S., has rated Oklahoma’s school accountability system, included in the state’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan, as ‘strong’ in a report released earlier today. 

 

Under ESSA, the nation’s federal education law, state education agencies were required to submit a consolidated plan for public education to the U.S.

OKLAHOMA CITY (Nov. 9, 2017) – In Chattanooga, a rural town of about 450 in far southwestern Oklahoma, students are happy, eager to learn and becoming more physically fit every day. How? Recess. The school district is part of a program called LiiNK, Let’s Inspire Innovation in Kids.

 

While most young schoolchildren in America are lucky to get one recess a day, Chattanooga’s get four. That’s right, four.

 

“I wasn’t sure if I would be able to accomplish everything, particularly being in a third-grade testing year.