Articles
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Budget & Tax, Education
The price tag on OEA's demands
When the teachers union released its spending demands last week, two things were missing. One was any plan to find the resources, either in other parts of government or through tax increases. The other was the total cost.Trent England | March 13, 2018
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Education
ROI: Help Hollywood or help kids
The Oklahoma Film Enhancement Rebate Program and the Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Act each share similar financial parameters, which makes it easy to compare these tax incentive programs.Curtis Shelton | March 12, 2018
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Education
Reward teachers, rein in bureaucrats
No one disputes that it’s time for a teacher pay raise. Almost all Oklahomans agree and most lawmakers voice support.Jonathan Small | March 9, 2018
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Budget & Tax, Education
Time for lawmakers to assert authority, reward teachers
Oklahoma lawmakers have grappled for years over the matter of boosting public school teacher compensation.Jonathan Small | March 6, 2018
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Budget & Tax, Education
Proposal would raise teacher pay, tame the bureaucracy
State Rep. Tom Gann (R-Inola) has proposed a bill that will fund a teacher pay raise with investment income derived from the assets managed by the Commissioners of the Land Office (CLO).Andrew C. Spiropoulos | February 23, 2018
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Education
Get the facts about Oklahoma education finance
Because meaningful debate relies on good information, OCPA operates an education finance data tool. The web-based tool is available to the public at no cost here, and makes it easy to find financial information about Oklahoma’s public schools.Curtis Shelton | February 13, 2018
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Education
Private schools, public benefit
Americans instinctively dislike monopolies, even rail against Big Oil, Big Pharma, Big Tobacco, Big Whatever. These have a modicum of competition. There is one monopoly, however, that government not only allows, it controls. I’m talking, of course, about Big Learning.Jonathan Small | February 9, 2018
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Education
Private placements benefit high-needs students
Mike Brake | February 5, 2018
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Budget & Tax, Education
Going backward on education transparency
Putting a veil around total education expenses is a step backward in the debate over total state spending. An honest debate on public education funding calls for more transparency, not less.Curtis Shelton | February 2, 2018
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Education
Give school districts flexibility to raise teacher pay
Oklahoma’s education system is enjoying near-record revenues. Unfortunately, as OCPA’s education data tool makes clear, too much of the money is cordoned off in silos.Brandon Dutcher | January 30, 2018