Articles
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Education
Oklahoma school-choice critics miss the mark
Oklahoma’s universal school-choice program is rightly open to all—just as public schools are—regardless of parental income. And as it turns out, low- and middle-income families are benefiting the most.Jonathan Small | August 7, 2025
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Education
Oklahoma teachers make more than you think
According to the National Education Association and the Oklahoma State School Boards Association, the average teacher salary in this state is now above $61,000.Jonathan Small | August 4, 2025
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Education
Falling scores, rising hope: Whiz Kids steps up to address Oklahoma reading challenges
Oklahoma’s reading scores are declining, despite record education spending. But one private-sector effort, Whiz Kids, is quietly making a difference.Ray Carter | July 31, 2025
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Education
OSSBA seeks another billion for schools … for administrators
The Oklahoma State School Boards Association—a taxpayer-funded lobby group—says schools need up to $2 billion more, and not necessarily for teachers.Ray Carter | July 30, 2025
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Education
One in four Oklahoma youth benefiting from school choice
Many claim that 95% of Oklahoma students attend their local public school. In reality, the share of Oklahoma students whose families “choose” to enroll in the geographically closest public school may be closer to 76 percent.Ray Carter | July 18, 2025
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Education
As NEA commits to fight ‘fascist’ Trump, lawmakers target union’s federal charter
At its recent national convention, the National Education Association (NEA)—the parent organization of Oklahoma’s OEA—approved a series of resolutions attacking President Trump, defending illegal immigration, and more.Ray Carter | July 17, 2025
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Education
Oklahoma teacher pay ranks higher than many realize
Despite claims from state House Democratic Leader Cyndi Munson that Oklahoma ranks “last in the region for teacher pay,” data from the National Education Association and the Oklahoma State School Boards Association tell a different story.Ray Carter | July 16, 2025
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Education, Higher Education
Whistleblower: Teachers taught to use bogus reading methods at Oklahoma college
A reading specialist hired by Oklahoma Panhandle State University attempted to reform the university’s curriculum with scientifically supported phonics-based instruction. She laments that “new teachers are coming fresh out of college not knowing how to teach kids to read.”Ray Carter | July 11, 2025
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Education
If a child can’t read, the system has failed
It’s time for all state-funded universities to follow the lead of our legislators and the OSDE by fully abandoning debunked literacy programs and committing exclusively to phonics-based literacy reform.Matt Oberdick | June 26, 2025
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Education
A discredited reading-instruction method is (still) failing our kids
It’s time to hold professors and teachers accountable for continuing to use a discredited method.Byron Schlomach, Ph.D. | June 25, 2025