Robby Korth

Robby Korth covers education for StateImpact Oklahoma. He grew up in Ardmore, Oklahoma and Fayetteville, Arkansas and is a graduate of the University of Nebraska. Before working at StateImpact, he covered higher education for The Roanoke Times newspaper in Virginia.

Email: robby@stateimpactoklahoma.org

Twitter: @RobbyKorth

Latest by Robby Korth

Thursday, December 2, 2021 | 5:30 am

‘It’s like WPA Money’: How federal COVID-19 relief funds are helping schools make infrastructure improvements

Ponca City Schools is one district leveraging funds for coronavirus relief to make much-needed repairs

By Robby Korth

Thursday, November 11, 2021 | 5:00 am

Politics dial up intensity at Oklahoma school board meetings

By Robby Korth and Nuria Martinez-Keel

Thursday, November 4, 2021 | 5:02 am

Oklahoma’s cafeterias have been hit hard by the coronavirus

Food, labor shortage leave child nutrition workers scrambling to keep hungry kids fed

By Robby Korth

Thursday, October 21, 2021 | 5:00 am

ACLU lawyer discusses challenge to Oklahoma’s critical race theory ban

Why is a coalition of educators and civil rights groups challenging Oklahoma's law?

By Robby Korth

Thursday, October 14, 2021 | 4:00 am

Oklahoma School for the Deaf welcomes new, more inclusive Bison mascot

Sulphur school is one of the latest nationwide to shift away from Indigenous-themed nickname

By Robby Korth

Thursday, September 23, 2021 | 5:58 am

Santa Fe South was the first district to implement a mask mandate in Oklahoma this fall. Here’s how it’s going

Superintendent: 'The very first day back where we had made the choice, 100% of our kids walked in the door with a mask on or willing to put one on with no argument.'

By Robby Korth