Articles
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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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Health Care
With Medicaid expansion, Oklahoma has higher costs, worse outcomes
Oklahoma’s Medicaid expansion was sold on a promise to financially enrich state hospitals and improve Oklahomans’ health outcomes. Five years and billions of taxpayer dollars later, is it working?Ray Carter | June 23, 2025
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Higher Education
No need for college tuition increases
This year, legislators provided more than $1 billion in appropriations to Oklahoma colleges and universities. That negates any need for tuition increases.Jonathan Small | June 23, 2025
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Law & Principles
Justice Thomas echoes OCPA brief in Supreme Court opinion
In a case involving minors who identify as transgender, Justice Clarence Thomas this week brilliantly rejected the notion that unelected experts should dictate constitutional interpretation or override legislative judgment.Ryan Haynie | June 20, 2025
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Culture & the Family
Beyond the silo: Why conservatives must reunite cultural integrity and economic freedom
For too long, conservatives have treated cultural and economic issues as separate arenas—but they are inseparably linked. OCPA’s Matt Oberdick takes a look at some policy wins from Oklahoma’s 2025 legislative session.Matt Oberdick | June 20, 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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Culture & the Family
Sweden taught me the value of work—without a minimum wage
In Sweden, I worked for 20 cents a paper—and I’m grateful. Early jobs teach more than just how to work—they teach how to grow. Don’t take that chance away with one-size-fits-all laws.Tucker Cross | June 19, 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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Law & Principles
U.S. Supreme Court upholds ban on child sex-change surgeries
In a decision with repercussions for Oklahoma, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a Tennessee law prohibiting medical officials from performing sex-change surgeries on minors who identify as transgender.Ray Carter | June 18, 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