Burroughs Elementary News Today

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The leader of a large drug and human trafficking operation pleaded guilty to multiple felonies in federal court Friday. Cordell Washington, 37, of Pickerington, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances near an elementary school, money laundering, labor trafficking and drug trafficking-related charges. He is the 21st defendant in the […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The leader of a large drug and human trafficking operation pleaded guilty to multiple felonies in federal court Friday. Cordell Washington, 37, of Pickerington, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances near an elementary school, money laundering, labor trafficking and drug trafficking-related charges. He is the 21st defendant in the […]

Superintendent Ebony Johnson said the gift recognizes "the special place that Burroughs Elementary occupies in Tulsas history and in Black history." #oklaed

A Black History Month assembly honoring educators at Tulsa’s Burroughs Elementary came with a surprise donation of $100,000.

DonorsChoose, a non-profit organization that helps support public school classrooms, surprised Tulsa Public Schools (TPS) Burroughs Elementary with a donation

Schools are turning back to the "science of reading", which has been around for decades. Other methods have turned out to not be nearly as effective.

In a classroom full of future teachers at Oklahoma State University, Robin Fuxa instructs her students to count sounds in words like “map” and “can,” by placing pennies on a

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The City of Columbus has gained approval to shutter a house long-suspected of drug use and violence in the South Central Hilltop. According to the office of City Attorney Zach Klein, the city obtained a preliminary injunction to board up a home at 673 South Richardson Avenue, near Burroughs Elementary School. […]

She was a force for change in Tulsa for well over 50 years, embracing a variety of causes, including public school integration, the arts and LGBTQ rights.

Booker T. Washington High School and Carver Middle School now have waiting lists for admission. Many TPS parents in the 1970s were initially hesitant amid "state-preserved segregation." #oklaed