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Andrea Eger
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Andrea Eger
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Tulsa-based education and investigative reporter at Oklahoma Watch
- BREAKING: Epic Charter Schools co-founders David Chaney, Ben Harris, former CFO Josh Brock arrested on racketeering charges Thurs morning by Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and booked into Oklahoma County jail. #oklaed
- EXCLUSIVE: Oklahoma AG's Office believes newly installed member who cast deciding vote on state sponsorship of private Catholic school ineligible to serve on Statewide Virtual Charter School Board until November. #oklaed
- NEW FRIDAY: A controversial new education law in Oklahoma limiting public school instruction on race, gender and history has drawn a new call for repealing by leaders of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee and Seminole nations. #oklaed
- Massive group of female attorneys are leaving from the Oklahoma Bar Center en masse, heading to advocate for public education funding at the state Capitol. #oklaed #oklaedwalkout
- BREAKING: Joy Hofmeister has requested OK County DA investigate allegations of self-dealing & misappropriation of taxpayer $$ at school land office & for governor-appointed secretary to resign, revealing a 2nd whistleblower has come forward tulsaworld.com/news/state-and… w/@bhoberock
- “If you choose not to be vaccinated, you’ve made a choice for my daughter, too. Your choice led to my innocent child being hospitalized." #oklaed
- Biden admin puts Oklahoma on notice that it is within a local school district's discretion to use federal stimulus $ for implementing indoor masking policies aligned with CDC guidance. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/edu…
- “Today’s press conference did not help us. There are no state employees that want to get in that Petri dish, and I don’t blame them.” — El Reno Superintendent Craig McVay. tulsaworld.com/news/local/edu… #oklaed
- “If you break the law and you are rich, under my administration, you don’t get to pay half of it back and go home. If you break the law, I am going to put you in jail.” #oklaed
- NEW THIS WEEKEND: In sharply worded letter in January, OK Attorney General faults Gov. Kevin Stitt, now-State Superintendent Ryan Walters for misspent COVID-19 federal education funds; warns he may take over Stitt’s new ClassWallet lawsuit. #oklaed
- NEW TUESDAY: Public to get first look at prosecution's evidence against David Chaney, Ben Harris and Josh Brock in elaborate scheme to defraud and embezzle public school funds from Oklahoma taxpayers. #oklaed
- Any other U.S. newspapers have former editorial cartoonist lost to budget cuts reappear years later in paid political advertisement? I could not have been only @tulsaworld print subscriber to do a double take while reading today’s Sunday paper. (Sharing observation NOT opinion.)
- NEW MONDAY: A state contract to create the nation’s first religious charter school has not yet been executed, and the chairman of the OK governing board that voted 3-2 to authorize it refuses to sign off on the document. #oklaed
