Citing lagging academic achievement, Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters threatened a state takeover of Tulsa Public Schools. He’s keeping that option on the table.
Ryan Walters, Oklahoma's school superintendent, said Tulsa's public schools have been "heading in the wrong direction."Deborah Gist’s surprise announcement this week that she was resigning as superintendent of Tulsa Public Schools appeared to ward off a threat by Oklahoma’s top education official to take over the district — at least temporarily.
Instead, the board, which Walters chairs, voted to require more reports and plans from the Tulsa district, the state’s largest, and to revisit its accreditation in four months. On Tuesday evening, Gist announced that she would step down next month “with a broken heart” in hope of averting Walters’ threatened takeover.Daniel Shular / Tulsa World via AP
“This is about Ryan Walters using Tulsa and me as a political football and furthering his personal and political agenda,” she said.
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