Three or four weeks ago, Representative John Bennett, the Islamophobic state rep who is not seeking re-election so he can spend more time shooting guns with is family, had a solution for the recent...
That was a fun extended recess! After two spirited weeks of communal gathering, marching and clever sign making, the Oklahoma Education Association waved the oxymoronic white flag of victory last...
So… the Great Oklahoma Teachers Walkout of 2018 is over? I guess if you believe the Oklahoma Education Association it is. With OEA President Alicia Priest claiming a “victory,” teachers have...
Before we get started, I’d like to offer my deepest, sorry-but-not-sorry apology for TLO’s lack of round the clock, “click me! click me!” coverage of the Teachers...
We knew this teacher’s walkout felt a bit too genuine and inspirational. Yesterday afternoon, State Rep John Enns confirmed what wacko authoritarian conspiracy theorists have long feared –...
A couple of weeks ago in this very spot, we lamented that with all Oklahoma teachers have had to deal with over the past few years—bureaucratically, financially and psychologically—seemingly the...
Oklahoma has finally become a positive source of inspiration for the rest of America! Well, at least the good parts. Only a few days after receiving a $6,000 per year payoff to go away and be...
Happy Teachers Walkout Day! Back in early March, everyone assumed today would be the first day of a perhaps multi-week teachers walkout over low pay and general cuts to education funding in...
Moving from a small redneck town in Texas to the relatively bigger and far more diverse town of Oklahoma City, it was not so much a rude awakening as it was one of those confused rousings where you...
It’s nice to see a wealthy, white, Republican energy industry executive finally catch a break in Oklahoma! Earlier today, the University of Oklahoma introduced Jim Gallogly – a...
Oklahoma’s not the only place where teachers are paid less than Costco cashiers. Earlier today, 20,000 West Virginia teachers returned to classrooms following a successful four-day walkout...