Simplifying Special Education Lingo
Understanding special education terms can be difficult, especially the many acronyms used. Getting to know some of the most common acronyms can help...
Education System
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Importance of the Science of Reading
OPSA partnered with public and private school parents, teachers, reading therapists, community partners, and administrators to dive into the Science...
ASPIRE Oklahoma Plan - Kids Win!
OPSA partnered with public and private school parents and students to express all of our thanks for the historic ASPIRE Oklahoma Plan. Governor Kevin...
ASPIRE Oklahoma: Record Public School Investments - What You Need to Know
OPSA has put together this Frequently Asked Questions blog to help public school parents, teachers, and school administrators learn more about how...
Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit Act: What Homeschool Families Need To Know
IMPORTANT UPDATE! On October 24, 2023, the Oklahoma Tax Commission updated the rules utilizing feedback from the public. Our FAQs have been updated...
Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit Act: What Private School Families Need To Know
IMPORTANT UPDATE!On November 30th, 2023, the Oklahoma Tax Commission announced that the application start date for the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax...
FAQs: Oklahoma’s New Open Transfer Policy
On March 31, 2021, Governor Kevin Stitt signed Senate Bill 783 into law and it went into effect on Jan. 1, 2022. Right School, Right Opportunity was...