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Public school district in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Union Public Schools is a public school district located in southeast Tulsa, and northwest Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. The school district is the eighth largest in Oklahoma. Union is notable among school districts in the area because Union does not encompass a particular city. Instead, many of its patrons believe Union is a unifying organization within the community, providing activities for its families, a sense of pride, support and identity for its patrons. A number of businesses, higher education, foundation, and community partnerships investing in the district's key areas of emphasis—Early Childhood Education, Community Schools, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Curriculum, and College/Career Readiness remains constant. The district slogan is “Together We Make a Difference.” The district mission is – "To Graduate 100 Percent of Our Students College and/or Career Ready." Union Public Schools is accredited by the Oklahoma State Department of Education and AdvancED. Its accreditation process involves parents, teachers and administrators at each of its 19 school sites. Union Public Schools focuses on four major areas: early childhood education, Community Schools programs, college and career programs through such programs as Union Career Connect, concurrent college tuition programs, Early College High School and student internships through partnerships with area business and the City of Tulsa and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.) The district also offers a community education program through the Union Adult Learning Center which serves as the “umbrella” for a variety of programs offered in the Green Country area including Tulsa, Broken Arrow and Muskogee. These programs include adult classes such as GED classes, English as a Second Language and more, are funded by the Oklahoma State Department of Education and community programs for both adults and children. Some programs are offered at no cost, others at a nominal fee.

Union began with its formation in 1919 when four rural communities – Alsuma, Boles, Mayo and McCollough – consolidated. The school's first graduating class consisted of just four students, and all classes (K 12) were housed in a two story brick building. Beginning in the 1980s, Tulsa's residential and commercial population boomed, and its population grew with it. Today, Union Public Schools serves more than 15,700 students in its 19 schools, including the Rosa Parks Early Childhood Education Center and the Union Alternative School. Other facilities include the Union Multipurpose Activities Center or UMAC, the Union High School Performing Arts Center, the Union Collegiate Academy (a new wing added to the High School) which houses the Catherine E. Burden College & Career Center, the Union U Wear Spirit Store, the Y at Union fitness center, and a new Union Innovation Lab finished in 2020. Union's newest elementary, Ellen Ochoa Elementary, which opened in stages beginning in 2017, features a new Community Health Connection clinic which opens in 2020, incorporated as part of the Community School Village concept.

Union Public Schools comprises 19 schools.

Union's use of the "Redskins" team name has exposed it to some criticism, similar to the controversy faced by other schools using mascots referring to Native Americans. In 1999, Cherokee Nation chief Chad Smith criticized the school's use of the name. In December 2002, the school received a demand from the University of Miami that it stop using a "split U" logo which Miami claimed was unacceptably similar to the university's trademarked logo. Some Native American groups saw this as an appropriate time to renew their calls for Union to abandon the Redskins name, since it appeared that the school would have to change its uniforms in any event. However, in January 2003, Union settled Miami's claim by agreeing to pay $9,599 per year for the continuing right to use the split U logo. In November 2003 the school board voted unanimously to keep the "Redskins" name. Since that time the school has maintained its position despite continued protests and proposed legislation intended to change the name. In July 2020, following an announcement by the Washington Redskins that their ownership would review its name, the Union school board announced it would also reevaluate the district's mascot. However, school officials noted they had been evaluating the mascot name for nearly a year. In the 2020 2021 school year, the Redskins name was formally retired, and in the 2021 2022 school year, the Redhawks was chosen as a new mascot name.