Articles
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Education
Apples to Onions: Liberal Think Tank’s Report Is Extremely Flawed
CBPP is certainly entitled to its “policy priorities”—higher taxes and increased government spending. But this report indeed “stretches the truth beyond the breaking point.”Steve Anderson | August 1, 2015
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Budget & Tax, Education
Oklahoma Budget Writers Show Commitment to Education Funding
In today’s economy, employers will only expand in states that are up to the task of accommodating them. We must have high standards to broaden our base of educated workers and ensure that our students are college and career ready to meet that challenge. By doing so, we can promote the best policy to strengthen our schools.Brian Bingman | August 1, 2015
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Education
ESAs are the next step in fulfilling Friedman’s vision
Milton Friedman, who would have turned 103 today, is best known as one of the world’s greatest economists. He received the Nobel Prize in 1974 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1988. But for those of us who work in public policy, his most important works are his seminal Capitalism and Freedom and Free to Choose.Andrew C. Spiropoulos | July 31, 2015
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Budget & Tax, Education
Free Market Friday: Win-win for education
Some Oklahomans were disappointed this year when state lawmakers gave common education a standstill budget. They say public education is not adequately funded; a standstill means per-student spending will decrease.Michael Carnuccio | July 24, 2015
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Education, Higher Education
State-Run Enterprises and One-Ton Nails
Economic losses send a clear signal that the firm is doing something wrong and gives it an incentive to change. Economic profits send a clear signal that the firm is doing something right.Cecil Bohanon | July 1, 2015
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Education
Home economics: These moms deserve our appreciation
“She looks well to the ways of her household,” as the proverb says, “and does not eat the bread of idleness.”Brandon Dutcher | July 1, 2015
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Education
Choice Is the Real Accountability
For “accountability” in education, the 2015 legislative season is turning out to be the best of times and the worst of times.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | June 29, 2015
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Education
School Choice: A Declaration of Independence
Today, the road back to self-government and the principles of the Declaration of Independence runs through school choice. Where the rulers control the formation of the minds, hearts, and skills of the young, sovereignty rests with them. Putting parents back in charge of education also puts citizens back in charge of civil society and government.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | June 25, 2015
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Budget & Tax, Education
DHS program adjustments a step in the right direction
State legislators should shrink the Department of Human Services budget and enlarge your family budget: Redirect a portion of Oklahoma’s daycare subsidies toward a tax break for families with a parent at home.Brandon Dutcher | June 22, 2015
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Education
Free Market Friday: Batting for children
The Oklahoma Supreme Court will soon decide the fate of the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship program, which allows parents of children with disabilities to send them to schools where they can get the best educational services. An influential voice has joined that debate, the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice.Michael Carnuccio | June 5, 2015