Articles
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Education
Oklahoma voters want tax dollars to follow the child
Nearly two in three Oklahoma voters support using tax dollars to choose the public or private school which best meets their child’s needs.Brandon Dutcher | October 17, 2017
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Education
Teacher hiring devastated by emergency 'common sense shortage'
It all comes down to trust. Do we trust schools to use their own judgment when hiring teachers? Or do we think that if we give schools freedom to hire and fire, they’re going to foolishly hire and retain bad teachers?Greg Forster, Ph.D. | October 5, 2017
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Education
Relationship between OSSBA, schools risk management trust examined
Insurance is easy to forget about until you need it, like when a building is damaged in a storm or a customer slips and sues.Jay Chilton | September 25, 2017
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Education
Oklahoma public school revenues are higher than ever
Despite sky-is-falling rhetoric from labor union leaders and well-compensated school administrators, total annual public school revenues in Oklahoma have consistently climbed upward for more than a decade.Curtis Shelton & Dave Bond | September 19, 2017
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Education
Is OKCPS a sanctuary school district? Officials send mixed messages
Oklahoma City Public Schools Superintendent Aurora Lora issued a statement on Sept. 5 in opposition to the Trump administration’s decision to rescind an Obama-era executive order establishing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.Jay Chilton | September 19, 2017
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Education
OKCPS board gives attention to school names, DACA
Three sites in the Oklahoma City School District—M.L. King, Jr. Elementary School, F.D. Moon Elementary School, and Oklahoma Centennial Middle School—rank among the nation’s 20 worst-performing public schools, according to an article published by NeighborhoodScout.com.Jay Chilton | September 18, 2017
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Education
Course choice is here
Should every Oklahoma high school student have access to a calculus class, or Mandarin Chinese, or Latin?Jonathan Small | September 15, 2017
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Education
Diversity and community on campus
As students arrive back at college this fall, the state of community on campus has been a hot topic all summer. It’s usually framed as a tradeoff between student rights to free speech and the solidarity of the community. In fact, giving students back their rights is the only hope to get real community back as well.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | September 14, 2017
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Education
Dangerous distractions
Approximately 54 percent of OKCPS African-Americans currently attend a failing school. Approximately 42 percent of OKCPS Hispanic students currently attend a failing school.Jonathan Small | September 1, 2017
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Budget & Tax, Education
Surplus funds at Statewide Virtual Charter School Board discussed
Possible uses for $2.7 million in surplus funds are under consideration by the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board.Jay Chilton | August 21, 2017