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Happy news late this afternoon that Deborah Gist has resigned as superintendent of Tulsa Public Schools. Gist resigns as the state's largest school district faces a hearing on Thursday at the State Board of Education on the loss of its accreditation. The threat to pull accreditation stems from poor academic...
 - August 22, 2023 at 10:08PMGist gone Click the headline to read the full story.
A follow-up to a recent post about Charles Spurgeon's essay on music in worship. Brian Sauvé, a pastor and hymnwriter, posted recently on Twitter about his church's approach to music in worship: I get this question enough that it's probably worth posting about it separately: "How do you do...
- August 12, 2023 at 12:40PMFour-part harmony singing and music education in worship Click the headline to read the full story.
A dialogue pertinent to the August 8, 2023, City of Tulsa special election: "Homeless problem in Tulsa seems worse than ever and all over the city, not just downtown." "Don't worry, GT has a plan." "What's the plan?" "$75 million." "To do what?" "We don't know yet." "How do...
- August 08, 2023 at 08:40AMImprove Our Tulsa: Tulsa's Underpants Gnomes promise to fix homelessness Click the headline to read the full story.
The Tulsa County Republican Party has officially come out in opposition to the four City of Tulsa propositions for sales tax and general obligation bonds on the August 8, 2023, ballot ("Improve Our Tulsa 3"): Republican Party of Tulsa County Takes Stance on Improve Our Tulsa 3 Bond Package Tulsa...
- August 07, 2023 at 02:01AMTulsa GOP urges NO on Improve Our Tulsa 3 Click the headline to read the full story.
Tulsa is the focus of another recent article from a UK newspaper website: A story in the Guardian Online about the impact of expressway construction on Tulsa's Greenwood neighborhood, and the possibility of reviving the neighborhood by removing the north leg of the Inner Dispersal Loop. Twenty-five years before Don...
- August 05, 2023 at 11:57PMSegregation by Design: Greenwood and I-244 Click the headline to read the full story. Tulsa Schools one of 7 US districts to allow Chinese Communist Party's Confucius Classroom program8/5/2023
Tulsa Public Schools made the Mail Online on July 30, 2023, as one of 7 school districts in the US with active contracts for Confucius Classrooms, a propaganda outreach of the Chinese Communist Party. China is funding America's public schools to the tune of $17 million dollars, it has been...
- August 04, 2023 at 06:55PMTulsa Schools one of 7 US districts to allow Chinese Communist Party's Confucius Classroom program Click the headline to read the full story.
Here are seven reasons to vote no on all four City of Tulsa ballot propositions at the special election next Tuesday, August 8, 2023: 1. Two-and-a-half years too early: The proposed sales tax may not go into effect until January 1, 2026.* A lot can change in two years...
- August 01, 2023 at 07:41PM2023 Tulsa sales tax and bond issues: Seven reasons to vote NO Click the headline to read the full story. |
   
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