Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Oklahoma teaching assistant arrested after alleged nude photos sent to student

"A teaching assistant in southwest Oklahoma has been arrested following an investigation into inappropriate images sent to a student," News 9 reports.

Monday, October 13, 2025

FBI tip leads to Tecumseh High School student arrest

"A Tecumseh High School student has been arrested after taking to social media to make threats to harm people at his school," News 9 reports. "The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) called the Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Department Saturday morning, alerting them of the threats."

Friday, September 19, 2025

Former Inola teacher arrested on charges of possessing child pornography, making lewd proposals

A former Inola High School band director "was arrested Thursday on charges of possessing child pornography and making lewd proposals, following allegations of sending inappropriate text messages to former students and a troubling discovery on his phone," News 9 reports

Monday, September 8, 2025

'Modesty is desirable in one’s approach to regulation'

Helpful insights here from Michael McShane

Stephen Breyer’s book Regulation and its Reform was published in 1982, more than a decade before Breyer would become a Supreme Court Justice, and was called at the time the “bible of regulatory reform.” ...

The key insights of Regulation and Its Reform are the questions it pushes policymakers to ask before drafting and imposing regulations. What is the problem we are trying to solve? Is regulation the best tool to solve it? Will the cost of regulations exceed their benefits?

Regulations work best with they are broad, simple, and clear. They are bad at fine-tuning and can become onerous very quickly.

Public school 'accountability' systems are in fact 'weapons of mass deception'

"The 'accountability' systems developed in the early 21st century may be worse than useless," writes Heritage Foundation scholar Matt Ladner. "They may, in fact, serve as weapons of mass deception." After all, these are "accountability" systems in which very few grown-ups are held responsible for academic failure.

Saturday, August 30, 2025

Video shows Oklahoma student choked unconscious as teammates laugh

"A video on Facebook appears to show an Oklahoma student at Caney Valley High School being choked unconscious by another student in a locker room—while teammates watch, laugh and cheer it on," Andy Dossett reports for the Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise.

Monday, August 4, 2025

Locust Grove coach arrested for second-degree rape

"An assistant golf coach at Locust Grove High School has been arrested for second-degree rape after allegedly having a sexual relationship with a student and sharing explicit images," the News on 6 reports.

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Former Oklahoma teacher gets 30-year sentence for child sex abuse

"A former Miami school teacher was sentenced to 30 years for sexually abusing a former student," Sheila Stogsdill reports.

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Putnam City West teacher facing second-degree rape charges

An arrest warrant has been issued for a Putnam City West High School teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a student, the News on 6 reports.

Friday, May 30, 2025

OKC mother outraged after 7-year-old daughter left behind on school field trip

An Oklahoma City mother is demanding accountability after her 7-year-old daughter, a student at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary, was left behind during a school field trip, News 9 reports.

Saturday, May 17, 2025

Mother demands accountability after daughter attacked in Mannford High School bathroom

"A Mannford mother is speaking out after her daughter was violently attacked inside a high school bathroom — and it was all caught on video," the News on 6 reports.

Lawsuit claims Okmulgee teachers engaged in sexual acts near sleeping student

"A former Okmulgee High School student has filed a lawsuit against the school, the district, and two former teachers, alleging that after falling asleep in a classroom, she was awakened to find the pair having sex just feet away from her," KTUL reports.

Friday, May 16, 2025

Former Anadarko teacher faces felony charges for alleged inappropriate behavior

"A former Anadarko public school teacher is facing felony charges in Caddo County for alleged inappropriate behavior with a middle school student, including seven counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child under 16," KOCO reports.

Former Choctaw-Nicoma Park student seeks damages following teacher-student relationship

"A former Choctaw-Nicoma Park School District student is seeking $25 million in damages stemming from a sexual relationship between a teacher who is being criminally charged and the student, prior to her graduation in 2024," News 9 reports.

Monday, April 21, 2025

'The parents want to believe we have it under control, and we don’t'

"One former Lawton Public Schools teacher is speaking out after she was forced to resign early," KSWO reports.

Saturday, April 12, 2025

OKC police arrest elementary school substitute teacher on child sex abuse allegations

"Oklahoma City police arrested a substitute teacher this week accused of sexually abusing several children at a school in the Western Heights district," The Oklahoman reports.

Friday, April 4, 2025

Ardmore schools facing legal claim in child abuse case

"Legal action has been filed against Ardmore City Schools," KTEN reports. "Civil rights attorney Cameron Spradling filed the legal notice on behalf of two nonverbal boys with autism who are alleged victims of child abuse by former Will Rogers Elementary teacher Betty Planta-Lewis. Planta-Lewis is currently facing one count of child abuse; another charge was dismissed last October."

Monday, February 10, 2025

Haworth teacher arrested, released on bail

A teacher at Haworth Public Schools "was arrested after she allegedly sent nude photos of herself masturbating to multiple minors while also attempting to solicit sex from them," LibsOfTikTok reports.

Thursday, February 6, 2025

OKC student brought loaded 9mm Beretta to school

"Oklahoma City Police have released new details about an incident at NW Classen High School that led to the arrest of a student last week," KFOR reports. "OKCPD says the student brought a loaded 9mm Beretta to the school on the morning of January 29 and bypassed scanners by entering the school through the gym. The student went to his morning classes and reportedly showed the gun to several students during the 3rd hour. Police said the student also loaded a live round into the gun while in his classroom. Police were then alerted, arrived at the school, and arrested the student."

Hugo teacher arrested for alleged abuse of special-needs students

"A Hugo Middle School teacher has been arrested and accused of abusing students with special needs," News 9 reports. Authorities say she is "one of five teachers caught on camera hitting, slapping, pinching, and kicking a 12-year-old and a 14-year-old student."