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Education
New test results expose deep reading crisis in Oklahoma classrooms
Newly released 2025 state test results show a staggering 73 percent of Oklahoma third-graders are not proficient in reading—a finding that mirrors national NAEP data. Despite record school funding in Oklahoma, student performance has steadily declined.Ray Carter | October 7, 2025
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Law & Principles
Hern urges Republicans to speak out against California-style elections in Oklahoma
Congressman Kevin Hern is warning Oklahoma Republicans that silence is not an option as activists push a California-style overhaul of the state’s election system. “Every Republican leader in the state should be speaking out against this,” Hern said.Ray Carter | October 7, 2025
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Education, Law & Principles
Whistleblower: To target Owasso schools, Biden administration defied court order
Whistleblower testimony reveals that the Biden administration defied a federal court injunction in order to pursue a “gender identity” discrimination complaint against Owasso Public Schools following the suicide of 16-year-old student Dagny “Nex” Benedict.Ray Carter | October 6, 2025
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Higher Education
OSU student reprimanded after honoring Charlie Kirk in speech
Josh Wilson, an Oklahoma State University junior and debate society president, says he was reprimanded and threatened with a “difficult” year by an OSU administrator after delivering a short student-government speech mourning Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.Ray Carter | October 6, 2025
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Education, Good Government
Stitt calls for making state superintendent an appointee
Gov. Kevin Stitt has appointed longtime CareerTech educator Lindel Fields as Oklahoma’s new state superintendent, following Ryan Walters’ resignation. Stitt also called on lawmakers to let voters decide whether future superintendents should be governor-appointed rather than elected.Ray Carter | October 2, 2025
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Higher Education
Alumni slam OU’s ‘double standard’ on political causes
While OU officials embraced the Black Lives Matter movement and loudly condemned the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, they issued only muted, narrowly distributed statements after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.Ray Carter | September 30, 2025
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Law & Principles
Trump DOJ sides with Oklahoma in birth certificate case
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a brief supporting Oklahoma’s law requiring birth certificates to reflect biological sex as either male or female.Ray Carter | September 30, 2025
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Law & Principles
‘No Name Given’: Oklahoma nabs 125 illegal-immigrant drivers
Gov. Kevin Stitt announced that Oklahoma troopers and federal agents arrested 125 illegal immigrants in a targeted I-40 enforcement action—uncovering truck drivers with licenses from sanctuary states, including one marked “No Name Given.”Ray Carter | September 29, 2025
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Budget & Tax
Report hails Oklahoma government for financial stability
A new national report shows Oklahoma has gone from budget chaos to one of the most financially stable states in the nation. Truth in Accounting’s “Financial Status of the States 2025” ranked Oklahoma 16th best and awarded it a “B” grade.Ray Carter | September 29, 2025
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Education
In nearly all states, public school funding exceeds private school tuition
We’re told public schools are “underfunded” while private schools are lavish and exclusive. But the truth is just the opposite: in nearly every state, public schools collect more per student than the average private-school tuition—often by huge amounts.Ray Carter | September 26, 2025