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Education
OSSAA requires photographers to get bias training?
In response to an incident in 2021, the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) now requires all media, including photographers, to undergo implicit-bias training before they can receive credentials to high-school playoff sporting events controlled by the OSSAA.Ray Carter | October 17, 2022
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Higher Education
CRT in OU teacher training
Oklahoma needs a range of new measures to ensure transparency in the training and licensure of its teachers and administrators, to find out just how much CRT is already in the state.David Randall, Ph.D. | October 17, 2022
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Education
OKCPS FAQ
OKCPS FAQ: student spending, instruction spending, student outcomes and moreByron Schlomach, Ph.D. | October 14, 2022
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Education
ACT scores declining or flat for 7 of 8 years under Hofmeister
A new report shows the graduating class of 2022 in Oklahoma had among the worst average composite scores on the ACT test nationwide.Ray Carter | October 13, 2022
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Education, Higher Education
Groups say reforms could attract teachers, reduce leftist influence
Policy groups from across the nation are calling for reforms to state teacher-licensure processes to increase the number of qualified candidates and reduce the control of left-wing ideologues over access to the teaching profession.Ray Carter | October 13, 2022
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Budget & Tax
Tax Commission: Indians not exempt from Oklahoma tax
Although the U.S. Supreme Court has held that the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s reservation still exists in Oklahoma for purposes of a federal crime law, a subsequent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court also means most tribal members living in Oklahoma still have to pay state taxes, according to a new Oklahoma Tax Commission ruling.Ray Carter | October 12, 2022
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Education
Officials warn school sex ed classes can backfire
Although sex-education instruction in schools is touted as a way to reduce teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), officials told lawmakers the courses often have the opposite effect and suggested they can even lead, indirectly, to children not recognizing the emotional results of abuse.Ray Carter | October 12, 2022
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Education
Despite learning loss, Tulsa closes school for Election Day
Tulsa Public Schools will be closed on Election Day in November, potentially creating financial strain for many low-income families in the district and delaying classroom instruction at a time when Tulsa students remain far behind their peers in academic outcomes.Ray Carter | October 12, 2022
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Education
Learning loss from COVID remains
During the COVID surges starting in 2020, advocates of school shutdown insisted any associated learning loss would be short-lived and easily recovered. That was a false promise—as state testing now shows beyond a doubt.Jonathan Small | October 11, 2022
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Education
Hofmeister keeps COVID records secret
In July 2020, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister unveiled a school COVID plan so restrictive it would have mandated closure of all schools across an 1,834-square-mile county when as few as four active COVID cases were identified.Ray Carter | October 11, 2022