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Oklahoma Private School Accreditation

Did you know that private schools must be accredited to receive the Lindsey Nicole Henry (LNH) Scholarship and for their students' families to be...

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Parents + Teachers = Student Success

OPSA had the honor of presenting on the important topic of how Parents + Teachers = Student Success at a recent statewide teacher professional...

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Phoneme Exercise: Grapheme Mapping

One of the most important activities a parent can do at home with their child is to practice all their reading and spelling skills through...

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Developing Phonemic Awareness

Phonemic awareness is our ability to hear every individual sound (phonemes) in words. It consists of segmenting and blending phonemes. We blend...

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Engaging Phonemes Activities

It’s important, especially for our multilingual learners, to learn how to properly pronounce phonemes (sounds) for the 44 phonemes in the English...

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Resources for Building Alphabetic Understanding

It’s important for students to have letter names automatized, which means they can recognize them accurately and automatically. You might be...

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New Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit Rules Signed into Law

House Bill 3388, which makes some changes to the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit (PCTC), has been signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt. OPSA has...

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Oklahoma Ranks #7 in Parent Power! Index

Oklahoma is ranked #7 in the US in the 2024 Parent Power! Index, published by the Center for Education Reform (CER).

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The Basics of an Individualized Education Program (IEP)

Being at the IEP table can be intimidating, however, we can equip you so it doesn't have to be! Watch our four-part video series of our IEP Parent...

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EKCO & Choice Matters School Choice Expo 2023

EKCO was proud to partner with Choice Matters to host two School Choice Expos in Oklahoma to celebrate National School Choice Week! The Oklahoma City...

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Open Transfer District Openings and Guidelines

With the enactment of Senate Bill 783 (2021), the Legislature made comprehensive reforms to Oklahoma’s school transfer laws, namely revising the...

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