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Alexia Aston

Reporter at The Oklahoman

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  • Making the grade: Go behind the scenes of some of Oklahoma City's top-performing schools

    1 day ago | yahoo.com | Alexia Aston |Murray Evans

    Students, teachers, backpacks, pencils and books are all hallmarks of any public school in Oklahoma, though some may have 2,000 kids in the building while others seat just 200 or less. But what factors make some of those schools academic leaders?

  • Ryan Walters, education board sued over social studies standards approval process

    1 week ago | oklahoman.com | Alexia Aston

    A group of Oklahoma parents, grandparents and teachers is challenging state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters and the state Board of Education in court over the approval process for new social studies standards. Former Attorney General Mike Hunter is representing the group in the suit, which he filed May 7 and announced at a news conference the same day. The lawsuit contends the board violated its procedures and state law in the way the controversial standards were approved.

  • Oklahoma governor vetoes MMIP bill, saying investigators shouldn't prioritize cases 'based on race'

    1 week ago | oklahoman.com | Alexia Aston

    • Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed HB 1137, which would have allowed state funding for the Office of Liaison for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons. • Stitt previously signed Ida's Law in 2021, enabling the state to seek federal funding for the same issue. • Tribal leaders criticized Stitt's veto, citing a lack of understanding and prioritizing division over solutions. Gov.

  • Oklahoma mental health department can't meet payroll through fiscal year, commissioner says

    1 week ago | oklahoman.com | Alexia Aston

    • Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services is requesting $23 million in supplemental funding to cover payroll through the fiscal year, but agency leaders are uncertain about the accuracy of this figure. • Commissioner Allie Friesen cited internal financial mismanagement and a lack of transparency as contributing factors to the budget shortfall.

  • An Oklahoma father had an immigration court date. Then an email told him to 'depart immediately'

    1 week ago | oklahoman.com | Alexia Aston

    On most days, Hector Sanchez spends about 20 hours working — 10 at his oil and gas equipment manufacturing job, followed by 10 more hours driving for Uber. He had about two hours of sleep one morning in April when he opened an email that told him to “depart the United States immediately.”“I really wanted it to be a nightmare, but it’s not,” Sanchez said.

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