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2016 Oklahoma State Question Guide
September 12th, 2016
Vote Voting Election Politic Decision Democracy Concept Seven state questions will be on the Oklahoma ballot on November 8. We've created a series of fact sheets with a summary of each state question, background information, and what supporters and opponents are saying... Read more
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Number of the Day

1,827

Number of Oklahoma public school students with disabilities who were subject to corporal punishment 2011-2012, 1,528 of whom were male

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection

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Quote of the Day

“It is a crisis and we have got to solve it.”

– State Superintendent of Schools Joy Hofmeister, on news that this year’s emergency teaching certifications is outpacing last year’s illustrating the state’s ongoing teacher shortage (Source)

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