Articles
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Budget & Tax, Economy
Stitt considering expansion of ‘Skills to Rebuild’ program
An Oklahoma career tech superintendent who created a 2020 program to help retrain mid-career adults displaced by the pandemic wants to take that successful program statewide.Mike Brake | March 26, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education, Law & Principles
Agreement means equitable funding for Oklahoma students
The State Board of Education has voted to settle a longstanding lawsuit by requiring that public charter schools be funded on an equitable basis with their traditional public-school counterparts.Ray Carter | March 26, 2021
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Education
Educators say Oklahoma public schools are deeply racist
In a recent Twitter chat, numerous Oklahoma educators said the state’s public schools are “steeped” in racism.Ray Carter | March 24, 2021
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Education
School-funding reform clears Senate committee
Members of a state Senate committee have now voted to reform the funding formula to reduce the number of “ghost students” claimed by districts.Ray Carter | March 23, 2021
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Higher Education
‘Living beyond gender’: UCO faculty discuss pronoun use
“Pronouns in the Classroom” was the subject of a recent virtual roundtable discussion among University of Central Oklahoma faculty and staff.Staci Elder Hensley | March 23, 2021
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Education
Activists concede some schools bank on ‘ghost student’ funds
A new campaign concedes that some Oklahoma school districts’ budgets are substantially based on payments for “ghost students” who do not exist in those districts.Ray Carter | March 22, 2021
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Education
Report shows open transfer alone not enough
This year both chambers of the Oklahoma Legislature have approved bills that would ease the “open transfer” process.Ray Carter | March 18, 2021
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Education
Lawmakers reinforce ‘politician’ stereotypes
School shutdowns over the past year have prompted parents across the state to become involved in the political process to improve their children’s education system.Ray Carter | March 17, 2021
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Good Government
Ban on controversial ‘training’ sidelined
Several state Republican lawmakers filed legislation this year to prevent government-funded entities from mandating the controversial training, which critics say endorses explicit racism and social division.Ray Carter | March 15, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education
OK House: Yes on half-billion in tax credits; no school choice
House lawmakers voted to issue more than a half-billion in new tax credits and deductions with 66 percent going to the state’s largest corporations--but they sidelined a far smaller tax credit that would have benefitted low-income children by increasing school-choice opportunitiesRay Carter | March 11, 2021