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In Atoka, projects power learning 2 hr ago | Add a comment ATOKA — In the span of a few days I converted the old red football helmet from a closet dust gathering device into a cool desk lamp. I was pretty proud of my junior high science project....

$10,000 grants create Langston entrepreneurs 3 hr ago | Add a comment LANGSTON — Two Langston University students used their entrepreneurial skills to win $10,000 grants to launch their prospective companies. RaShaun Robinson and Drew Brown were among four...

Oklahoma City boy, 11, raising funds for Kenya’s orphans 3 hr ago | Add a comment Aurell Bloomer flashes a broad smile when he thinks of his friends in a little village in Kenya. Then he smiles again when he thinks of when they get their new shoes later this year. Aurell, 11, a...

In brief: Oklahoma education 3 hr ago | Add a comment EDUCATION 51 teachers honored The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence awarded professional development scholarships to 51 Oklahoma teachers to attend national and international conferences in their...

Mister Rogers’ rebuilt set pays tribute to host 9 hr ago | Add a comment PITTSBURGH — For just this weekend, a neighborhood in this city that has lain dormant in boxes and under plastic coverings for nearly a decade, is coming back to life. Everyone important will...

Schools, Tulsa posts top ballots 9 hr ago | Add a comment Voters will head to the polls Tuesday to decide on school bond proposals while Tulsans will be selecting a new mayor and several council members. In the Putnam City School District, voters are...

Metro-area elementary principal has ties to Hollywood actor 10 hr ago | Add a comment When Emmy-award winning actor Ed Asner walked into Hillcrest Elementary School on Friday morning, he answered a long-standing wish of one of the school’s most well-known members. Asner, 79,...

School bus assembly rolls in to Tulsa from Arkansas 16 hr ago | Add a comment TULSA — School bus maker IC Corp. is shuttering an Arkansas assembly plant and moving the work to Tulsa, but the closure won’t mean any new jobs here, at least for now. Management broke...

Exchange program brings Japanese teachers to Norman Yesterday | Add a comment NORMAN — Students welcomed visitors from Japan in their schools this week as part of an educational exchange program. The three teachers toured Norman schools Monday and Tuesday, visiting...

Norman academic team qualifies for national tournament Yesterday | Add a comment NORMAN — Norman North High School’s academic team has qualified for a national tournament May 28-30 in Chicago. The team placed third Saturday in the Oklahoma Quiz Bowl Alliance Tulsa...

This is no time for ‘Q’ and ‘U’ to be developing cold feet in Norman Yesterday | Add a comment NORMAN — Monroe Elementary School students got a memorable spelling lesson Friday. Kindergarteners at the school took part in a marriage ceremony between the letters "Q” and...

12 to compete for title of Miss UCO 2010 Fri, Nov 6, 2009 | Add a comment EDMOND — Twelve contestants are competing for the title of Miss UCO 2010. The pageant is at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 in Constitution Hall in the University of Central Oklahoma’s Nigh...

Oklahoma college students protest abortion disclosure bill Fri, Nov 6, 2009 | Add a comment A group, consisting mostly of college students upset with an anti-abortion measure that legislators approved this year, pledged Friday during a rally at the state Capitol to be more informed about...

Students help raise $128K for Oklahoma City schools Fri, Nov 6, 2009 | Add a comment Students and corporations raised more than $128,000 for two Foundation for Oklahoma City Public Schools’ programs. Student InCENTives and the Devon Great Idea grant program will receive the...

Guthrie board discusses options for junior high Fri, Nov 6, 2009 | Add a comment GUTHRIE — School board members Monday will discuss what to do with the district’s junior high school. The school board meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the Guthrie Administration Building,...

Moore plans program for Veterans Day Fri, Nov 6, 2009 | Add a comment MOORE — Veterans, active-duty members of the military and the public are invited to a Veterans Day program and reception at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Moore Schools Administrative Service Center,...

Norman professor gets grant for career trend study Fri, Nov 6, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — A University of Oklahoma faculty member will receive about $1 million to study long-term trends of women and minorities in science and engineering careers. Donna Nelson, an...

OU awarded $23M in stimulus money Fri, Nov 6, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — The University of Oklahoma’s Norman campus was awarded about $10 million in research grants from federal stimulus funds in the first quarter of this fiscal year. Jana Smith,...

Stimulus-funded research projects in Norman Thu, Nov 5, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — The University of Oklahoma received about $10 million in stimulus funds from three federal agencies in the first quarter of this fiscal year for research based on the Norman campus....

Japanese teachers visit Norman schools Thu, Nov 5, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — Students welcomed visitors from Japan in their schools this week as part of an educational exchange program. Three Japanese teachers toured Norman schools Monday and Tuesday,...