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| Word | November 17: State Superintendent Sandy Garrett, State Board of Education today honor INTEGRIS CEO Stanley Hupfeld with Resolution | Resolution (pdf) | Picture (jpg) | | |
| Word | November 16: State Superintendent Sandy Garrett surprises Oklahoma City educator in school assembly with $25,000 national Milken Educator Award! | Picture (jpg) | | |
| Word | NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY - November 5: More than 860 expected to attend 11th annual Safe and Healthy Schools Conference tomorrow! | |
| Word | October 29: Oklahoma public school enrollment climbs nearly 10,000 students from 2008, Hispanic population fuels majority of the growth Oklahoma City surpasses Tulsa to become state’s largest school district! |
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| Word | October 14: NAEP Math Scores for Nation, Oklahoma Steady; More Gains Expected to Come from Recent State Reforms | |
| Word | October 1: State Superintendent Sandy Garrett, superintendents Karl Springer, Keith Ballard travel to Boston to study more learning time for Tulsa, Oklahoma City students | |
| Word | September 29: Statement by State Superintendent Sandy Garrett on the passing of former Gov. Henry Bellmon | |
| Word | September 22: Tulsa High School Teacher Brian M. Grimm Named 2010 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year, State Superintendent Sandy Garrett Announces | |
| Word | September 16: State Superintendent congratulates Oklahoma schools named 2009 National Blue Ribbon Schools | |
| Word | September 3: Statement from Lealon Taylor, Chief of Staff, Oklahoma Department of Education | |
| Word | August 27: Oklahoma's 2009 Robert C. Byrd Scholarship Recipients Announced | 2009 Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Winners (pdf) | | |
| Word | August 27: 42 Schools Identified for 2009 Needs Improvement List; 15 Schools from 2008 List Exit, 20 Others Chart Progress | School Improvement List, 2009 (pdf) | | |
| Word | August 25: Oklahoma makes significant progress in Advanced Placement programs; College Board also reports state's average, combined SAT score has increased by 2 points | |
| Word | August 24: State Superintendent Sandy Garrett Won't Seek Sixth Term | Education Reform Accomplishments, Jan 1991 to July 2009 (pdf) | Latest National Rankings (pdf) |
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| Word | August 19: Average ACT score for Oklahoma, nation for 2009 unchanged from 2008; State Superintendent says more rigor, four years of core will improve college readiness | Database of Public High School ACT Scores (Excel) | Bar Graph of Oklahoma ACT Scores (jpg) | |
| Word | August 13: State Superintendent: Oklahoma schools today receiving State Aid payments 2.74 percent less than what schools expected for August | August 2009 State Aid Payments to Schools (Excel) | | |
| Word | July 28: Oklahoma Schools Receive Initial State Aid Funding Notices | FY2010 Initial to FY2009 Initial (pdf) | | |
| Word | July 17: Four Oklahoma School Districts Recognized for Excellence in Accounting | |
| Word | July 16: 12 Finalists Selected for 2010 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year | Photo | Teacher of the Year Finalists Web | | |
| Word | July 15: ‘Leave No Future Behind’ is State Superintendent Sandy Garrett’s Challenge to Oklahoma School Leaders in 2009 State of Education Address | Photo | | |
| Word | July 1: State Board votes to increase rigor of student proficiency standards for all state Grade 3-8 math, reading assessments | |
| Word | June 25: Use of Innovative Tools in Oklahoma Schools Growing With Schools Spending $105 Million on Technology in 2007-08 school year | |
| Word | June 19: Oklahoma Department of Education Awards 200 Schools Federal Economic Stimulus Dollars for Child Nutrition | Child Nutrition Stimulus Grants (Excel) | |
| Word | June 17: State Superintendent Sandy Garrett Commends KIPP Charter Schools, As 'Model for Student Success' | Results: Oklahoma's Education Report Card with Superintendent Garrett Monthly Television Program Web | |
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| Word | June 5: Oklahoma State Board of Education to 'Raise the Bar' for More Rigorous Grade 3-8 Reading, Math Tests | |
| Word | May 7: Oklahoma's online testing program achieves all-time high of 214,000 ACE exams taken so far this year | |
| Word | April 28: State Superintendent Sandy Garrett Receives the 2009 James M. Goodman Friend of Geography Award | |
| Word | April 27: State Superintendent Sandy Garrett honoring 109 Oklahoma high students excelling in arts in award ceremony event tonight in Guthrie | Arts Excellence Award List (Excel) | | |
| Word | April 23: State Superintendent Sandy Garrett reports Notices of First-Round Funding of Federal Economic Stimulus Dollars for Oklahoma Schools for Math, Reading, Special Education Being Sent | |
| Word | April 8: National Report: Oklahoma Again No. 1 in Early Childhood Education | |
| Word | April 8: Teachers Present State Superintendent Sandy Garrett with 2009 ‘Vision Award’ | Picture (jpg) | | |
| Word | March 30: State Superintendent Sandy Garrett, Board request State Auditor to investigate Oklahoma school district | |
| Word | March 30: State Superintendent Sandy Garrett, State Dept. of Education to honor thousands of students TODAY in OKC at Cox Convention Center event | |
| Word | March 24: State Superintendent Sandy Garrett, State Department of Education Holding State Dropout Summit – “OK Graduation: Do IT” – Tomorrow | View Video: Quick Time format | Windows format | Go to the Dropout Prevention Web | Click Here to Become a Partner with OK Graduation: DO IT I | |
| Word | February 27: Student Poverty Increases in Oklahoma | NEW: Low Income Report for 2008-2009 (pdf) | Low Income Report for 2007-2008 (pdf) | | |
| Word | February 11: State Superintendent Convenes First-Ever State Student Advisory Council; Students Tackle Subject of Dropouts | List of the Council Members (pdf) | Go to the Council Web | | |
| Word | January 26: 2008 School District Report Cards Available; 5 Years of Comparable Data Now Available With Posting of ’08 Report Cards | Accountability Report Cards | | |
| Word | January 22: State Superintendent Sandy Garrett, State Board of Education Approve Competitive Teacher Bonuses | List of Winners (pdf) | Go to AAA Web | | |
| Word | January 8: Oklahoma public education makes progress on annual national education study (Revised) | |
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| Word | December 31: State Superintendent Sandy Garrett Announces School Districts Have Been Notified of Mid-Year Funding Adjustments | Midyear Adjustments Spreadsheet (pdf) | | |
| Word | December 9: National Report: Oklahoma Ranks 5th for Percentage of Teachers National Board Certified | |
| Word | December 5: Oklahoma Celebrates Milestone: Only state with decade of universal pre-kindergarten education! Data indicates majority of parents favor full-day programs | Pre-K Enrollment Trends (jpg) | | |
| Word | December 4: State Superintendent Sandy Garrett Featured Presenter at Today's 'Time to Learn: A National Convening' Conference in Boston | |
| Word | November 5: High school teams receive state robotics grants to compete regionally, nationally | |
| Word | October 31: 27-point jump in one year in state Academic Performance, 279-point climb in six years indicative of dramatic progress | Graphic: State Average Scores - 3 years comparison (jpg) | | |
| Word | October 30: State’s average API score increases 27 points; Scores for every public school in Oklahoma presented to State Board of Education | API Scores for 2008 (pdf) | Go to API Web | | |
| Word | October 23: State Superintendent, OU Legend Keith Jackson make case for more learning time, after school opportunities to reduce dropout rates | State Superintendent Sandy Garrett (mp3) | Keith Jackson (mp3) | Chris Gabrieli (mp3) | Picture of Keith Jackson (jpg) | | |
| Word | October 22: Muskogee Teacher Shocked When Surprised With $25,000 Bonus From State Superintendent, National Milken Foundation As Part of Being Named State’s Only 2008 Milken Educator | Milken Family Educators Web | | |
| Word | September 16: And the Winner is .... State Superintendent Sandy Garrett Announces Inner City Math Teacher from OKC is 2009 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year | |
| Word | September 16: Local Teacher Receives 'Rising Star' Award at State Teacher of the Year Event | Cassie Huddleston (jpg) | Christy Watt (jpg) | Robert Kinsey (jpg) | Star Gomez (jpg) | Tammy Will (jpg) | | |
| Word | September 9: State Superintendent Congratulates Six Oklahoma Schools for Being Named U.S. Blue Ribbon Schools | See complete list of schools | | |
| Word | August 14: Educators Hall of Fame welcomes three new inductees; Ceremony to be held this Saturday, August 16 | Photo of Dr. John E. Clinton (jpg) | Photo of Paul D. Hurst (jpg) | Photo of Dr. William D. “Bill” Pennington (jpg) | | |
| Word | August 13: Local High Schools' ACT scores released | Oklahoma Public High School Average ACT Scores: 2008 Graduates (pdf) | | |
| Word | July 24: State Aid Allocations for Oklahoma School Districts, Charter Schools Released for 2008-2009 School Year | School Districts' 2008-2009 Allocations vs. 2007-2008 Funding (pdf) | | |
| Word | July 9: State Superintendent Sandy Garrett Announces 2009 Finalists for Oklahoma Teacher of the Year, Calling Each a ‘Big League’ Teacher | Teacher of the Year Finalists Web | | |
| Word | July 8: State Superintendent Sandy Garrett: Time and technology key to Oklahoma schools raising achievement, raising graduation rates amid tough financial times | Audio files from State Superintendent Sandy Garrett's Address | mp3 #1 | mp3 #2 | mp3 #3 | Leadership Conference Web | Photo | | |
| Word | May 15: Nation’s Report Card Study Reveals Oklahoma Leader in Education of American Indian Students | |
| Word | April 24: Board Approves State Superintendent's Call for Full Disclosure in Public Meeting of Local Schools' Dropout and College Remediation Reports Board Also Decides New School Board Members Need Specific Training | |
| Word | April 22: State Superintendent Sandy Garrett, Masonic Fraternity, Oklahoma Alliance for Arts Education Roll Out Red Carpet for 119 High School Students Excelling in Arts; Event also highlights OKC, Fletcher, Pryor, Tulsa, Coweta school leaders | Arts Excellence Award list (Excel) | | |
| Word | April 11: Oklahoma Schools Chief Selected to Head National Panel on Early Childhood Education | |
| Word | April 9: State Testing of Students in Grades 3-12 Begins Tomorrow! | |
| Word | April 4: Number of Oklahoma Academic Scholars At All-Time High | Oklahoma Academic Scholars list 2008 (Excel) | | |
| Word | April 3: Oklahoma students' results on national writing exam competitive with nation, says federal report | |
| Word | March 27: Local High Schools' College Remediation Rates Released; High School Graduates Post Second-Lowest Rate in 10 Years | Remediation Report (pdf) | | |
| Word | March 26: Education Week ranks Oklahoma 11th in nation for school technology, giving particular recognition for schools' use of technology | |
| Word | March 20: Oklahoma Again Named No. 1 for Pre-Kindergarten Programs | |
| Word | March 4: Garrett and State Board of Education Honor Six Oklahoma Teachers Nominated for Presidential Teaching Awards | |
| Word | January 17: Teachers in 63 Schools to Receive Bonus Checks Ranging from $500 to $3,000 | |
| Word | January 9: Oklahoma’s Teachers and Its Academic, Testing, Accountability Standards Score High in Annual Report on Nation’s Schools | |
| Word | January 3: Oklahoma schools post record enrollment of 641,721 children; Number of Hispanic students increases to 10% of student population | Enrollment by Ethnicity (pdf) or (Excel) | | |
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| Word | December 21: Schools Receive $2.5 Million Math, Science Boost | |
| Word | December 4: Oklahoma Posts Nation's Sixth Highest Rate of Increase in Number of Nationally Board Certified Teachers; State Ranks Ninth in Total Number of NBC Teachers | |
| Word | December 4: 20 High Schools from Across Oklahoma Win First-Ever State Robotics Grants | |
| Word | November 29: Time Reform Task Force Recommends to State Board of Education - More Instructional Days for Oklahoma Students | |
| Word | November 29: Nearly 89 Percent of Oklahoma High School Freshman Opt for State's College Prep-Work Ready Curriculum; Yet Those Saying 'No' To Curriculum Varies Greatly Among School Districts | |
| Word | November 2: Moore, Putnam City Teacher Surprised By News of $25,000 Milken National Educator Awards | |
| Word | October 19: State Board of Education Unanimously Adopts FY09 Budget Request, Focusing on High School Reform, Operations, Teacher Salaries | |
| Word | October 5: Oklahoma Lands Grant to Provide GED Instruction Via Distance Learning | |
| Word | October 2: Oklahoma No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon Schools Named; Winning Schools Located in Dickson, Edmond, Guymon, Norman, Ponca City and Pryor | |
| Word | September 25: Oklahoma one of only 14 states to make gains in mathematics on National Assessment of Educational Progress; Garrett: results in math, reading being analyzed for ongoing instructional efforts | |
| Word | September 18: Garrett Announces Allen, Comanche, Enid and Wagoner Teachers Tapped 'Rising Star Teachers' | |
| Word | September 18: AND THE WINNER IS ... Shawnee P.E. Teacher Stephanie Canada Named 2007-08 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year! | |
| Word | September 14: 2007 Inductees into the Oklahoma Educators Hall of Fame Announced | |
| Word | September 7: Sandy Garrett Announces Time Reform Task Force Members | |
| Word | August 15: Oklahoma's Average ACT Composite Score Increases For Third Consecutive Year! | |
For additional information, contact Shelly Hickman, Public Affairs, State Department of Education, (405) 521-3371.