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Education
Demographic Changes Coming to Oklahoma
Oklahoma has enacted some substantial K-12 reforms in recent years, including parental choice programs and A-F school letter grading. District interests, however, have pushed back fiercely in a variety of ways.Matthew Ladner | April 22, 2015
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Education
Oklahoma’s Demographic Trends Point Up the Need for Education-Delivery Modernization
“How hard should Oklahoma hold on to the K-12 status-quo, and where is it taking the state?” Dr. Matthew Ladner asks in this month’s issue of Perspective.Brandon Dutcher | April 22, 2015
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Education
School Choice and Freedom of Conscience
Ultimately, the school choice debate is inexorably linked with the right to freedom of conscience and for parents to direct the upbringing of their own children.Trent England | April 10, 2015
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Education
Oklahomans want school choices
A recent SoonerPoll survey of likely Oklahoma voters discovered that voters favor educational choice policies — including charter schools, vouchers, tax credits, and education savings accounts.Brandon Dutcher | April 8, 2015
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Education
Thoughts on the Education Rally
With this year’s education rally behind us, here are six observations about one of the key themes at the rally — education funding.Brandon Dutcher | April 1, 2015
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Education
Why did these charter schools fail?
A common refrain against expanding educational choices for students is that some of the choices may turn out not to work. That is exactly what happened in two New York City charter schools. The failure is tragic for the students whom the school has failed, but, like most failure, it is also instructive.Trent England | March 25, 2015
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Education
YOU GUEST IT: Schools should prepare students for life's realities
For some years now, many in education have tried to gut gifted-and-talented and honors school programs, or even eliminate the traditional top class rankings historically bestowed on valedictorians and salutatorians.Mike Brake | March 24, 2015
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Education
OEA, NEA have spent big on failed efforts to grow government
Whether it ought to have the state-granted power of collective bargaining or not, the OEA and its members have a right to engage in political activity. The question now faced by legislators is whether taxpayers should subsidize such political groups by serving as their dues collector.Trent England | March 23, 2015
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Education
Oklahoma Education Association dues fund anti-gun politics
Even with its membership declining, the Oklahoma Education Association (OEA) is the largest public employee union in the state. The group is on record stating, “education is politics.” Yet the politics of the group, and of its national affiliate, are not always widely known.Trent England | March 19, 2015
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Education
Taxpayer subsidies to abortion politics could end
A measure now pending in the Oklahoma Senate could extend the principle of right-to-work laws to state taxpayers. While workers in Oklahoma cannot be forced to support unions and union politics, current law forces taxpayers to provide dues-collection services to unions. This in-kind subsidy from taxpayers supports some surprising political causes.Trent England | March 18, 2015