Norman Public Schools Jessica Eschbach Named 2021 Oklahoma Teacher Of The Year
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Norman educator wins Oklahoma Teacher of the Year
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Feb 28, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY â The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence has announced the recipients of its prestigious 2021 Academic All-State Awards. These 100 top public high school seniors, selected from 379 nominations, hail from 77 schools in 69 school districts.
The 2021 Academic All-State class is the 35th to be selected by the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence.
Each of this yearâs All-Staters will receive a $1,000 merit-based scholarship and a medallion. The All-Staters will be recognized at the foundationâs 35th annual Academic Awards Celebration on May 22 at the Cox Business Center in Tulsa.
Students must meet one of the following criteria: an American College Test composite score of at least 30; a combined SAT evidence-based reading & writing and math score of at least 1370; or be selected as a semi-finalist for a National Merit, National Achievement or National Hispanic Scholarship. This yearâs All-Staters scored an average of 33 o
Feb 21, 2021
Students at Alcott Middle School arrive on campus Aug. 17, 2017, for the first day of school. WalletHub recently ranked Oklahoma as the seventh least educated state in the country. Kyle Phillips / The Transcript
A study released on Tuesday by a personal finance website ranks Oklahoma as one of the least educated states in the country.
For the study, WalletHub analysts looked at 18 metrics across all 50 states including education attainment, school quality and achievement gaps between genders and races.
According to the study, Oklahoma ranks 41st for Associateâs Degree holders, 43rd for Bachelorâs degree holders and 44th for graduate or professional degree holders. Only 25% of people over age 25 have a Bachelorâs Degree.