Articles
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Education
Create scholarships for children of incarcerated parents
Building on the the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship Program for Children with Disabilities success—and with an eye toward breaking the intergenerational cycle of incarceration—lawmakers in 2018 should create a new program providing scholarships for the children of incarcerated parents.Brandon Dutcher | January 30, 2018
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Education
Let teachers vote on unions
Helping teachers and students succeed is a goal we all share, a goal that matters most for Oklahoma’s most vulnerable young people. Getting public policy right in the area of education includes respecting teachers and freeing them from the shackles of old, outmoded systems.Jonathan Small | January 29, 2018
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Education
Expand parental choice in education
Oklahoma has two private-school choice programs which are benefiting students. In 2018, policymakers should expand them and enact new ones.Brandon Dutcher | January 29, 2018
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Education
Relax school regulations
In Oklahoma and across the nation, we’ve been trying to improve education by tightening regulations on schools. The irony is that better educational results actually come from giving more freedom and responsibility to schools, principals, and parents—which means relaxing central control.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | January 29, 2018
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Education
School serves children of incarcerated parents
What challenges do children with parents in prison face? Ask Robin Khoury, founder and director of Little Light Christian School in Oklahoma City:Mike Brake | January 29, 2018
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Education
Teachers cite dues, ideology for OEA membership slide
The Oklahoma Education Association (OEA), the state’s largest teachers union, lost 5.7 percent of its active members last year and has lost nearly 20 percent over the last 5 years, according to National Education Association (NEA) financial reports compiled by labor union researcher Mike Antonucci.Jay Chilton | January 16, 2018
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Education
Poll shows more than OEA will tell
Does a new poll commissioned by Oklahoma’s largest teachers union show that Oklahomans want their taxes raised? From the press release, op-ed, and media coverage, you might think so. Except that the poll itself says just about the opposite.Trent England | January 15, 2018
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Budget & Tax, Education
The truth about education spending
Oklahomans know they’re not getting a good return on their public education investments. A survey last year of 1,016 likely Oklahoma voters by the firm Cor Strategies found that only 22 percent think taxpayers are getting a good ROI – while 66 percent do not. And it’s not just Republicans, 60 percent of Democrats say we’re not getting a good ROI.Jonathan Small | January 12, 2018
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Education
State Chamber’s ‘OK2030’ plan recommends school choice
The State Chamber of Oklahoma Research Foundation has unveiled a comprehensive vision for public policy reforms aiming “to dramatically improve our state’s rankings and prospects.”Patrick B. McGuigan | January 8, 2018
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Education
When quality education becomes a matter of national security
Surveys of our men and women in uniform indicate that finding a quality education for their children is a matter of national security.Jonathan Butcher | December 11, 2017