State: Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Your Guide to Data and Services for Oklahoma
SREB works with Oklahoma policymakers, colleges and schools to help them improve education. From this page, find independent, accurate data, reliable best practices and ways to share scarce resources — plus details on how Oklahoma uses SREB’s targeted programs and services.
Oklahoma Members of the Board
Kevin Stitt, Governor of Oklahoma, Oklahoma
City, ex officio (2023)
Chad Caldwell, State Representative, Enid
(2022)
Tom Friedemann, retired Superintendent/CEO,
Francis Tuttle Technology Center, Oklahoma City (2020)
Glen D. Johnson, Chancellor, Oklahoma State
Regents for Higher Education, Oklahoma City (2019) Vice
Chair of the SREB Board
Jennifer Monies, Member, State Board of
Education, Oklahoma City (2021)
(Appointments to the Board are made by the Governor. Terms
expire June 30 of the specified year.)
Oklahoma Members of the Legislative Advisory Council
Rhonda Baker, State Representative,
Yukon
Chad Caldwell, State Representative, Enid
Marty Quinn, State Senator, Claremore
Todd Russ, State Representative, Cordell
Oklahoma
2020 State Workforce Outlook
Oklahoma Educator Supply and Demand Network
Recommendation Report
Many states are facing challenges building a strong teacher workforce, in particular attracting more individuals to the teaching profession and retaining beginning teachers. This report provides recommendations from the Oklahoma Educator Supply and Demand Network for its two priority issues: policy and implementation barriers to paid student teaching internships and lack of sustainable, statewide support for first- and second-year teachers.
Oklahoma: A Turning Point
A Turning Point is the ninth biennial report to SREB states on their progress in meeting SREB’s Challenge to Lead goals for education. The 2020 report focuses on Charting a Course to 2030 — evaluating how well states are preparing their workforces for the future economy. Each customized state report documents advancement on both measurable outcomes and state policies. Through effective policy implementation, the goals can help states drive improvements in student achievement, high school graduation, college completion and workforce readiness.
Schools Honored with 2020 Pacesetter Awards
Awards to be presented at the 2021 Making Schools Work Conference
Twenty-three schools won 2020 Gene Bottoms Pacesetter School Awards for their efforts to increase quality instruction and raise student achievement.
- Download Asbury High School
- Download Bethel-Tate Middle School
- Download Choffin Career and Technical Center
- Download Deer Park Junior/Senior High School
- DeKalb County Technology Center
- Download Easley High School
- Download Excelsior Springs Area Career Center
- Download Gordon Cooper Technology Center
- Download Harding Middle School
- Download Hueytown High School
- Download Indian Valley High School
- Download Mahoning County Career & Technical Center
- Download Mid-America Technology Center
- Download Moore High School
- Download Nicholas County Career and Technical Center
- Download Northland Career Center
- Download Penta Career Center
- Download Pickens County Career & Technology Center
- Download Riverside Academy
- Download Springboro High School
- Download Sumter Career and Technology Center
- Download Whale Branch Early College High School
- Download Williamsburg High School
- Read more
Shared-Time Technology Centers
A Study of Six State Funding Systems
Students need learning experiences connected with the world of work to equip them to enter the workforce and secure good jobs. This report provides an overview of funding for career and technical education and a detailed look at CTE funding models in Arkansas, Indiana, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and West Virginia. Produced by SREB for the Kentucky Career and Technical Education Task Force, it also offers considerations for actions to improve CTE.
Oklahoma
2019 State Workforce Outlook
Oklahoma Featured Facts
from the SREB Fact Book on Higher Education
Oklahoma-specific data on population, demographic, education attainment, enrollment, graduation rates, workforce, tuition, debt, funding, faculty salaries and more.
Schools Honored at the Making Schools Work Conference
2019 Gene Bottoms Pacesetter School Awards
Ten schools were recognized at the Making Schools Work Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, for their efforts to increase quality instruction and raise student achievement.
The Gene Bottoms Pacesetter Awards recognize schools that implement one of SREB’s Making Schools Work school improvement frameworks and are achieving success in increasing student graduation rates, readiness for college or careers, and credential attainment.
How did each each school achieve the award? Download the releases below for details.
- Download Anderson 5 Career Campus
- Download Buckeye Valley Middle School
- Download Grant Career Center
- Download Mid-America Technology Center
- Download Nicholas County Career and Technical Center
- Download Northland Career Center
- Download Pioneer Career Technology Center
- Download St. Marys Middle School
- Download Steubenville High School
- Download Susquehanna County CTC
- Read more
Oklahoma
College Affordability Profile
To help policymakers assess and improve college affordability in their states, SREB provides tailored reports on the policies, programs and prices that drive affordability. Each member-state profile details net price at different types of institutions, state financial aid based on need or other factors, student borrowing, and percentage of family income needed to pay for college at different income levels.
Putting TEACHERS Behind the Steering Wheel
Educator Effectiveness Spotlight
We partnered with leaders and educators from three school districts in Oklahoma to find out what happens when teachers are actually the ones behind the steering wheel. Here’s what we learned about empowering teachers to lead their own professional development.
Oklahoma: Looking Closer
Looking Closer is the eighth biennial report to SREB states on their progress in meeting SREB’s Challenge to Lead goals for education. Each customized state report documents progress on both measurable outcomes and state policies. Through effective policy implementation, the goals can help states drive improvements in student achievement, high school graduation, college completion and workforce readiness.
Oklahoma’s Promise Program Performance Review
At the request of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, SREB conducted a review of Oklahoma’s Promise program in late 2017 and early 2018. This report summarizes findings and offers seven recommendations.
Promises Kept in Oklahoma
SREB review of financial aid program
Oklahoma’s Promise is an effective college scholarship program that meets its goals and helps the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education increase education attainment in the state, according to a report from the Southern Regional Education Board. The report cited Oklahoma’s Promise as “an example of how a state can invest valuable resources in its students and see a strong return on that investment.”
Oklahoma Moves Ahead on Pre-K, Access to ACT
"Looking Closer" State Progress Reports 2018
Oklahoma continues to improve public education on several key measures, according to the 2018 state progress reports from SREB. The reports detail demographic trends, student data from early childhood to postsecondary education, and the state’s implementation of key policies. Full release >
Educators Win 2018 Literacy and Math Awards at National Conference
These teachers, trainers, schools and districts were honored for their outstanding literacy and math practices at SREB’s College- and Career-Readiness Standards Networking Conference July 9, 2018 in Orlando, Florida.
Governor Edwards of Louisiana Re-Elected Chair of the Southern Regional Education Board
Chancellor Johnson of Oklahoma is vice chair
LAC officers are Senator Millar of Georgia and Representative Carney of Kentucky
Atlanta, Georgia — June 26, 2018 — Governor John Bel Edwards of Louisiana was re-elected to serve another one-year term as chair of the Southern Regional Education Board. He was re-elected at the organization’s annual meeting in Boca Raton, Florida, on Sunday.
Case Study: Piedmont High School
Raising Rigor and Expectations
Piedmont High School is a high-achieving school with a 2015 graduation rate of 99 percent. This case study details how the school used the High Schools That Work design to put in place the building blocks to foster a culture of continuous improvement to ensure every student has the opportunity to succeed.
Passing the Monday Morning Test
Maryland and Oklahoma Share Insights About the Ins and Outs of Program Implementation
Last month, we shared a run-through of the work by Maryland and Oklahoma to better prepare principals. When I was teaching first grade, many times I participated in professional development sessions that left me bursting with ideas and excitement but left me unsure about my ability to effectively execute what I had learned the next week in my classroom.
Tapping Into Talent
Learning From Maryland's Promising Principals Academy
Sometimes it can be difficult to make the transition from knowing to doing when trying to apply concepts to ground-level practice. This often holds true for many kinds of learners – including students, teachers and even states. State education agencies know that principals play an influential role in the development of effective teachers and schools. But how can states build a strong foundation in order to prepare principals for this influential role? Similarly, practitioners can probably agree that in theory, inter-state collaboration yields great potential for learning. So how can they go about actually engaging in it?
Promising Affordability Practices in Oklahoma, Tennessee
What the research tells us
SREB’s Commission on College Affordability in the South convened in New Orleans in December 2014 for its second meeting to focus state policies on increasing the students’ ability to pay for and complete college. Members learned what the research tells us about affordability’s effects on enrollment and completion and heard about promising practices in two states, Oklahoma and Tennessee.