All posts tagged "oklahoma"

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    Louder voices against common core

    Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Georgia — three states that received failing grades by Harvard’s Director of the Program on Educational Policy and Governance Paul Peterson in his “State Proficiency Standards Strength” evaluation — are forced by Common Core...

    • Posted May 4, 2015
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  • A sign displays the price for E-10 gasoline for $1.99 at the OnCue convenience store and gas station, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Paul B. Southerland)
    Gas prices below $2 a gallon in Texas, Oklahoma

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Gas has dropped below $2 a gallon at a handful of stations in Oklahoma and Texas this week, a level that a price-watching group says is the lowest in the nation and a...

    • Posted December 5, 2014
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  • Austin Hargrove, left, and Haley Hracke, right, help recover personal items from a friends home that was destroyed by Sunday's tornado, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Vilonia, Ark.  A dangerous storm system that spawned a chain of deadly tornadoes over three days flattened homes and businesses, forced frightened residents in more than half a dozen states to take cover and left tens of thousands in the dark Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
    Tornadoes kill at least 28, and it’s not over

    Deadly tornadoes swept across the Midwest and South over two days, causing a death toll of at least 28 and throwing multiple states into chaos. And more are coming. The tornadoes continue to terrorize the area Tuesday,...

    • Posted April 29, 2014
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