Articles
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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
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Education
Two ways to address Oklahoma’s illiteracy crisis
Oklahoma policymakers must continue to press for reading reforms—while also empowering parents to choose schools that enthusiastically embrace the science of reading.Brandon Dutcher | June 24, 2025
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Education
Oklahoma ranked as a top 10 state in education choice
A new report ranks Oklahoma among the 10 best states in the nation for parental empowerment and educational choice.Ray Carter | June 23, 2025
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Education, Economy
Free markets require free minds—and that starts with reading
The free market depends on informed choices. But if kids can’t read, they can’t choose wisely. Illiteracy is more than an education issue—it’s an economic one.Curtis Shelton | June 20, 2025
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Education, Higher Education
OCPA urges regents to end discredited training for teachers
OCPA President Jonathan Small called on Oklahoma’s college regents to end the use or promotion of teacher-training programs that rely on the discredited “three-cueing” method, which teaches children to guess words based on associated pictures rather than sound them out phonetically.Staff | June 19, 2025
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Education, Higher Education
After outcry, OSU stops promoting discredited reading program
Oklahoma lawmakers have banned the use of the discredited “three-cueing” method of reading instruction in public schools. Yet OSU continues to tout a program that uses it.Ray Carter | June 18, 2025
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Education
Oklahoma teacher union hails private-school vouchers … for teachers’ kids
A new voucher-style benefit applies exclusively to teachers’ children, even those from high-income households. House Bill 1727 expands the Oklahoma’s Promise scholarship program to include high-income teacher families while maintaining strict income caps for all other Oklahomans.Ray Carter | June 18, 2025
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Education
Local control? Study shows voters rarely hold school boards accountable
Despite Oklahoma school-board elections being scheduled on obscure dates that average just 6 percent turnout, defenders of the system claim those elections provide valid “local control” of schools. But new research shows that academic outcomes have little impact on the results of school-board races.Ray Carter | June 16, 2025
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Education
School choice fuels Catholic school growth
Thanks to robust school-choice programs that are open to nearly all families, enrollment in Catholic private schools has surged in several states, including Oklahoma.Ray Carter | June 11, 2025
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Education
Report shows growing interest in Oklahoma school-choice program
Oklahoma families’ desire to participate in the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit program and provide their children access to private schools continues to grow.Ray Carter | June 6, 2025