In the wake of Black Lives Matter activism across the country, teachers are re-emphasizing their role in leading discussions about racial justice. StateImpact’s Robby Korth spoke with Tulsa Public Schools Manager of Equity Content Denita White and Hawthorne Elementary School third grade teacher Katherine Maloney about how to talk to children about race.

Covid-19 made it harder for some domestic violence victims to find safety from their abusers. Victim advocates also fear they may experience more severe violence in their isolation.

The NPR student podcast challenge had 2,000 entrants from across the country. But one project from high school seniors in Stilwell, a Northeastern Oklahoma town with 4,000 people, stood out as one of only a dozen finalists. StateImpact’s Robby Korth reports on the podcast that was a finalist for a prize.

Each summer hundreds of the state’s elite arts students travel to Quartz Mountain, on the picturesque outskirts of the Wichita Mountains in southwest Oklahoma for the Oklahoma Arts Institute. But this year the normally two week arts program was moved online and shortened because of the coronavirus. StateImpact’s Robby Korth reports on how the selective arts program made the move.

Residents of Oklahoma City often don't hear the details surrounding complaints against police and the investigations they prompt. Black Lives Matter activists are calling for independent probes of police investigations.

Thousands of Oklahomans demanded change after an unarmed black man was killed by police in Minneapolis. Protesters in Oklahoma City especially criticized its police department's relatively high number of killings of black residents. City leaders are considering some of the protesters' demands.

The call from the health department still sticks in Gabrielle Moon’s mind.

There was a positive case of the coronavirus at St. Luke’s Children’s Center.

Moon, the center's executive director, and other childcare leaders share what they've learned from handling this case and others.

The coronavirus will change school next semester.

StateImpact Managing Editor Logan Layden spoke to education reporter Robby Korth about a school year that will likely look a little more normal, but will still be unfamiliar.

An outbreak of Covid-19 in the Comanche County jail underscores how vulnerable jail populations are to the disease. Officials in the state's two largest counties are considering increasing testing in their jails to make sure they don't have their own outbreak.

The novel coronavirus has changed a lot of graduation plans throughout Oklahoma. Normally, a community’s staple spring event, the global pandemic has altered plans.

Districts across Oklahoma are taking a wide range of approaches to honor graduates.