This Oklahoma school district wants to send every student to the Capitol

The teachers’ walkout is over. Now it’s time for students to head to the Oklahoma Capitol. For two weeks, Blanchard Public Schools were shut down as Oklahoma teachers swarmed the Capitol in Oklahoma City to demand more school funding and higher raises. They didn’t get what they wanted. But they got a huge wake-up call on how the Legislature actually works. It’s a lesson that Blanchard Superintendent Jim Beckham wants students to witness, too. “Our teachers are in the process […]