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Education
Oklahomans’ support for school choice is becoming difficult to deny
Yet another public opinion survey shows that Oklahomans favor school choice.Brandon Dutcher | March 9, 2016
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Education
Ideas for Keeping Oklahoma's Rural Schools Open
Every budget crunch brings another call for consolidation of Oklahoma school districts and the pushback from rural residents and their legislators. We can expect more of the same in this year’s legislative session.Steve Anderson | March 7, 2016
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Education
Public Education's 'Iron Triangle' Resists Reform
The triangle is structurally extremely strong. Most roofs are constructed of triangular trusses. They provide for great strength with an economy of resources. Depending on the material used to construct them, trusses can be nearly indestructible. An iron or steel truss, launched into the air by a tornado, would be a very destructive projectile, doing far more damage to the structures it impacts than it would itself suffer.Byron Schlomach, Ph.D. | March 7, 2016
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Education
The $7,000 Teacher Pay Raise That Wasn’t
Oklahoma's public education system now employs more non-teachers than teachers.Brandon Dutcher | March 4, 2016
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Education
Free Market Friday: Desegregation through choice
Efforts to help the most vulnerable through school choice have received quite the boost.Jonathan Small | February 27, 2016
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Education
Free Market Friday: Empower parents
Across the country, many are celebrating this week as National School Choice Week. In fact, Martin Luther King III recently marched with more than 10,000 people at a rally calling for more educational choices for families and students.Jonathan Small | January 29, 2016
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Education
ESAs: A Blueprint for 21st Century Parental Choice
Sixty years ago the late Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman published a radical idea: just because we fund schools through government doesn’t mean politicians know how to run schools or what education is best for other people’s children.Vicki Alger | January 6, 2016
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Education Savings Accounts: A Blueprint for 21st Century Parental Choice
Sixty years ago the late Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman published a radical idea: just because we fund schools through government doesn’t mean politicians know how to run schools or what education is best for other people’s children.Vicki Alger | January 1, 2016
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Education
Personalized Account Has Made All the Difference
Seven years ago, when Katie Swingle’s son was only 18 months old, a doctor reported that her boy’s autism would probably prevent him from ever being able to speak. Today, Katie’s son is not only communicating orally, but he’s also writing—in cursive! And Katie says the Florida Legislature is partly to thank.William Mattox | January 1, 2016
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Education
The New Frontier for School Choice
Nevada’s new school choice program is getting national attention because it’s the first in the nation to provide universal school choice. However, that’s not all that’s new about it. It’s also an Education Savings Account (ESA) program, which is the new frontier in school choice programs.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | January 1, 2016