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Education
Dylan’s Song: One Boy’s Real Life, and His Parents' Choice
When Dylan Pennington was in public school, his days were marked by large classes, groups of kids in which he felt lost and alone. His parents (mom Jennifer is an educator herself) became convinced his teachers had inadequate training to work effectively with special-needs children like their son.Patrick B. McGuigan | February 12, 2014
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Education
Markets vs. State-Run School Systems: A Look at the Evidence
When I began studying education policy back in the early 1990s, parent-driven education markets were generally thought of as a new, radical, and speculative adventure—uncharted waters where, heaven help us, “thar be monstars.” That was a mistaken view then, and it’s positively absurd now.Andrew J. Coulson | February 12, 2014
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Education
That other school choice
It’s National School Choice Week, and there’s been lots of discussion these last few days about some very important educational options — charter schools, online learning, vouchers, tax-credit scholarships, Education Savings Accounts, and more. But let’s not forget about another educational choice that is gaining in popularity: homeschooling.Brandon Dutcher | January 29, 2014
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Education
Financial Transparency Needed in Public Education
Do you know how much it costs to educate a student in Oklahoma? It’s likely more than you think.Jason Bedrick | January 13, 2014
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Education
Policymakers Should Fund What Works
If indeed “the goal is student achievement,” as Mr. Edelman says—if the goal is to do what works—activists and policymakers should not be clamoring for something that doesn’t work: increased government spending on the monopoly system (see page 4).Brandon Dutcher | August 5, 2013
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Education
This land is not your land
Oklahoma native Woody Guthrie “didn’t like his own country and wanted to fundamentally transform it along the lines of his heroes, Marx and Lenin.”Brandon Dutcher | April 25, 2013
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Education
School choice improves school districts’ fiscal health
Benjamin Scafidi | July 3, 2012
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Education
An Unintended Consequence Worth Praying For
[SQ 744], a proposed constitutional amendment that would require the Legislature to increase per-pupil spending to the regional average.Brandon Dutcher | February 1, 2010
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Education
Public School Results at Elite Prep-School Prices
What is the truth about per-pupil spending in Oklahoma?Steve Anderson | January 1, 2010
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Education
Better Schools Through Better Accounting
Oklahomans already do much for public education. As our state seeks to build on the economic progress it is making, we should consider what we can do to provide our children the nation's finest schools-and do it. Every dollar we spend, we must spend wisely.Brandon Dutcher & Tom Daxon | January 1, 2010