Articles
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Education
School Choice Programs Save Taxpayers Money
Tax-credit scholarship programs have saved taxpayers at least $1.7 billion since their inception.Martin F. Lueken | February 1, 2017
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Education
Don’t Means-Test School Choice
Limiting school choice programs to low-income households is bad for low-income households - the people it hurts the most are the people who most need better schools.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | February 1, 2017
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Education
School Choice Proponents Hold Summit, Detractors Hold Protest
Parents, students and education stakeholders met at Oklahoma City Community College for the first annual Oklahoma School Choice Summit.Jay Chilton | January 31, 2017
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Education
Historic Seminole Charter School Wins Approval from State Board of Education
After a contentious hearing and a unanimous vote by the State Board of Education, a new charter school is coming to Seminole.Jay Chilton | January 26, 2017
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Education
Oklahoma teacher pay closer to average when cost of living considered
A study on teacher pay by the 1889 Institute found that, when the cost of living is considered, teacher pay in Oklahoma jumps from 48th to 30th.Jay Chilton | January 17, 2017
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Education
Hooray for the Four-Day School Week?
“Your test scores are going to go up. Your attendance is going to go up. Overall teacher morale is a lot higher on a four-day school week.”Trent England | January 11, 2017
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Education
Oklahoma’s per-pupil spending is up
According to the latest available data from the National Center for Education Statistics, since 1999 per-pupil spending has risen from $8,624 to $9,728.Vicki Alger | January 10, 2017
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Education
Ed Choice Mythbusting Never Ends
Keeping up with the myths people throw around in Oklahoma and elsewhere about school choice is a full time job.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | January 1, 2017
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Education
Ed Choice Policies Will Help Revitalize Cities
Oklahoma City needs to recognize that good leadership can’t stop school assignments from concentrating poverty.Dr. Bartley R. Danielsen & Kirk Humphreys | January 1, 2017
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Education
ESAs Are a Much-Needed Refinement of the Public Education Model
Although Oklahoma may have suffered an ESA setback in 2016, the fight is far from over.Lindsey M. Burke | January 1, 2017