Articles
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Education
Statewide school-district testing results still not public
While school districts have had student results of state tests for months, parents are still not able to publicly view district-level comparisons—and the window for unveiling that data remains uncertain.Ray Carter | October 12, 2021
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Education
Oklahoma learning loss worse than surrounding states
Fewer than 1 in 4 Oklahoma students performed at grade level or better in English. The share performing at grade level was even lower in math.Ray Carter | October 12, 2021
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Higher Education
OU seeks ‘social justice’ math professor
The Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education at the University of Oklahoma is seeking an assistant professor in math education who “will contribute to growing interest and expertise” in “mathematics for equity and social justice.”Ray Carter | October 11, 2021
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Education
Oklahoma parents: School-board criticism is not ‘terrorism’
Oklahoma parents are pushing back against the National School Boards Association’s call for federal officials to investigate protesters at school-board meetings under anti-terrorism law.Ray Carter | October 11, 2021
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Higher Education
State colleges play role in nursing shortage, regent says
OU turns down hundreds of nursing applicants—in part because the nursing program isn’t a moneymaker for the university. Meanwhile, the woke studies proliferate.Ray Carter | October 7, 2021
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Budget & Tax
Public education money goes to private companies—again
Oklahoma City Public Schools recently made a change in how the district finds substitute teachers, the Oklahoma City Free Press reports.Curtis Shelton | October 7, 2021
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Criminal Justice
Contrasting estimates presented on sentencing reform plan
After a lengthy development process, officials have presented lawmakers with a proposed overhaul of sentencing laws in Oklahoma.Ray Carter | October 7, 2021
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Good Government
DHS officials dismiss critical state review
Increased funding provided to the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS), intended to move people with disabilities off a years-long waiting list and begin providing them state services, has had little impact, a new review finds.Ray Carter | October 5, 2021
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Law & Principles
OCPA legislative scorecard: 2021 final bill list
This is the final list of the 107 bills that are factored into OCPA’s scorecard for Oklahoma’s 2021 legislative session at the state Capitol.Staff | October 5, 2021
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Education
Grand jury finds no legal wrongdoing at Epic
Despite several years of allegations and a critical state audit, members of the Eighteenth Oklahoma Multicounty Grand Jury have found no wrongdoing that warranted indictment of any officials involved with Epic Charter Schools, an online public school.Ray Carter | October 5, 2021