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Weekly Wonk: Give where you live this holiday season | Oklahoma lawmakers file bills to help tackle Oklahoma’s teacher shortage | OK Policy’s work honored with national awards, lifetime achievement award for Angela Monson

December 7, 2025 // Updated: December 6, 2025

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk shares our most recent publications and other resources to help you stay informed about Oklahoma. Numbers of the Day and Policy Notes are from our daily news briefing, In The Know. Click here to subscribe to In The Know. This Week from OK Policy

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OK Policy’s work honored with national awards, lifetime achievement award for Angela Monson

December 5, 2025 // Updated: December 5, 2025

The Oklahoma Policy Institute received five national awards for its work during the past year, and longtime Legislative and Outreach Director Angela Monson was honored with a lifetime achievement award during a Dec. 3 ceremony. OK Policy received five Graphies awards in the eight award categories in the competition: Best Outreach or Campaign Plan, Event,

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Lawmakers file bills to help tackle Oklahoma’s teacher shortage (Capitol Update)

December 1, 2025 // Updated: December 2, 2025

A couple of bills prefiled for the next legislative session by the Chair and Vice Chair of the Senate Education Committee are thoughtful efforts to meet the challenge of Oklahoma’s critical teacher shortage. The lack of certified teachers is most urgent in areas such as math, science, special education, and English language learning. According to

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