Articles
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Culture & the Family
Setting Oklahoma on a path to post-pandemic growth
COVID rates have plunged in the past several weeks and the worst may be behind us. Now policymakers should adopt significant reforms to allow Oklahoma to grow and thrive in the pandemic’s aftermath.Jonathan Small | March 21, 2022
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Education
Teachers object to anti-CRT law
In recent public comments, self-identified educators from across Oklahoma have vocally objected to a new law that bans teaching certain concepts broadly associated with Critical Race Theory.Ray Carter | March 17, 2022
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Education
Lankford fights for school choice
In comments made this week, U.S. Sen. James Lankford urged his colleagues to approve a resolution that “recognizes the necessity of school choice as a tool to empower all parents with the freedom to choose the best educational environment for their children.”Ray Carter | March 17, 2022
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Economy
Tax reform can help combat inflation
Though the causes of inflation are multifaceted and sometimes international in scope, some Oklahoma lawmakers have offered solutions to combat the rise in prices.Curtis Shelton | March 17, 2022
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Higher Education
‘Diversity’ ideology spreads to engineering, atmospheric sciences, energy
Oklahoma’s universities are thickening their “diversity” bureaucracies as fast as they can.David Randall, Ph.D. | March 17, 2022
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Education
Stillwater transgender policy shows need for school choice
Parents in the Stillwater school district report that students have been allowed to select bathroom facilities based not on their biological gender, but on the identity the student professes that day—even though the district has single-occupant bathrooms for gender-nonconforming students.Ray Carter | March 16, 2022
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Law & Principles
McGirt decision defunding courts, public safety
The U.S. Supreme Court’s McGirt v. Oklahoma decision, which created jurisdictional chaos in Oklahoma by effectively declaring that most of eastern Oklahoma remains Indian reservations, is indirectly defunding court systems and public-safety entities throughout much of the state, according to the Senate’s top budget official.Ray Carter | March 15, 2022
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Education
Parent access to child library records granted under bill
Parents would have an undisputed right to access their child’s school library records under legislation approved by the Oklahoma House of Representatives.Ray Carter | March 15, 2022
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Education
'Opt-in' policies a response to graphic school material?
The inclusion of content many parents view as inappropriate and/or intrusive in school surveys and other materials is leading some officials to suggest schools should have to receive parental permission in advance.Ray Carter | March 14, 2022
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Education, Law & Principles
Bureaucrats retain power under open-transfer law
When lawmakers voted last year to expand open-transfer opportunities, allowing families to more easily send children to school districts other than the one in which they reside, supporters thought the change would empower parents.Jonathan Small | March 13, 2022