HOW OKLAHOMA’S SCHOOLS LOST THREE DECADES OF GROUND AND WHAT CAN BE LEARNED FROM MISSISSIPPI

HOW OKLAHOMA’S SCHOOLS LOST THREE DECADES OF GROUND AND WHAT CAN BE LEARNED FROM MISSISSIPPI

By Jennifer Palmer, Oklahoma Watch

On nearly every important measure of academic success, Oklahoma now sits at the bottom.

That hasn’t always been the case.

In the 1990s, Oklahoma ranked in the top half of states in reading and math, but…