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This episode of Focus: Black Oklahoma features a highlight reel of our best stories of the year.
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Oklahoma broke its annual record for emergency teaching certifications, and there’s still one more month to go.
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On Thursday, Oklahoma's State Board of Education approved a plan by Democratic candidate for Governor Joy Hofmeister to give teachers a $5,000 raise.
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This episode of Focus: Black Oklahoma features reports on efforts to find Black teachers amid a teacher shortage in Oklahoma, lagging mental health funding and unrestricted gun access, and more.
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Oklahoma’s State Board of Education approved more than 1,000 emergency certifications for teachers at their meeting last week.
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After years of instability, survey after survey finds teachers are leaving or planning to leave their profession soon.
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More than 1,400 teachers will be teaching with an emergency certificate in the first days of school across Oklahoma.
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Muskogee Public Schools has 21 teaching vacancies heading into fall 2022, and the district is getting creative in its efforts to fill them.
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Earlier this year, a teacher shortage in Oklahoma forced hundreds of school districts to close their doors because of a lack of substitutes to fill in for educators out with the coronavirus.
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In Hawaii, hiring qualified special education teachers became a lot easier after schools started offering a $10,000 pay bump.