Articles
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Higher Education, Criminal Justice
FBI monitoring Chinese-run Confucius Institutes
The FBI is concerned that an arm of the Chinese government has a major presence on more than 100 American college and university campuses, including the University of Oklahoma, according to recent testimony before a U. S. Senate committee.Mike Brake | February 27, 2018
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Budget & Tax
After Step Up plan fails, OKCPS urges employees to contact lawmakers
The acting superintendent of Oklahoma City Public Schools used the district’s taxpayer-funded email system to urge teachers and other staff members to lobby state lawmakers in the wake of the failure of the Step Up Oklahoma tax increase/teacher pay plan, OCPA has learned.Mike Brake | February 22, 2018
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Higher Education
Free-speech controversy continues at UCO
The visit by Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis (AiG) to the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) in Edmond was scrubbed last week. UCO is now the Sooner State’s third largest higher education facility, so the move got attention.Patrick B. McGuigan | February 13, 2018
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Education
Private placements benefit high-needs students
Mike Brake | February 5, 2018
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Education
School serves children of incarcerated parents
What challenges do children with parents in prison face? Ask Robin Khoury, founder and director of Little Light Christian School in Oklahoma City:Mike Brake | January 29, 2018
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Budget & Tax
Tax Foundation critiques ‘Step Up Oklahoma’ tax plan
The Tax Foundation, a well-known nonprofit that studies fiscal policy across the United States, has issued a critical analysis of the combination of tax changes and tax increases advanced over the past two weeks by Step Up Oklahoma.Patrick B. McGuigan | January 24, 2018
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Education
Teachers cite dues, ideology for OEA membership slide
The Oklahoma Education Association (OEA), the state’s largest teachers union, lost 5.7 percent of its active members last year and has lost nearly 20 percent over the last 5 years, according to National Education Association (NEA) financial reports compiled by labor union researcher Mike Antonucci.Jay Chilton | January 16, 2018
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Higher Education
Teacher union calls for boycott of Oklahoma Wesleyan-trained teachers
In response to a recent newspaper column written by Oklahoma Wesleyan University (OKWU) president Everett Piper, the Bartlesville Education Association is calling for Bartlesville Public Schools to refrain from accepting student teachers from OKWU for any training in district classrooms.Mike Brake | January 11, 2018
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Education
State Chamber’s ‘OK2030’ plan recommends school choice
The State Chamber of Oklahoma Research Foundation has unveiled a comprehensive vision for public policy reforms aiming “to dramatically improve our state’s rankings and prospects.”Patrick B. McGuigan | January 8, 2018
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Budget & Tax
Many films receiving Oklahoma tax rebate produce no box office receipts
A declared goal for the Oklahoma Film Enhancement Rebate Program is to enhance the image of the state to a nationwide audience. According to the Incentive Evaluation Commission Film Enhancement Rebate Program Draft Report, “the effect on Oklahoma’s image nationwide is unclear, but likely limited.”Jay Chilton | November 15, 2017