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Education
School-board-endorsed insurer going under
An entity selling property insurance coverage to school districts, which paid more than $1.5 million to the Oklahoma State School Boards Association for endorsements, is going out of business at the end of June.Ray Carter | June 15, 2021
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Higher Education
Oklahoma higher education reform: Lessons from Idaho
Policymakers should look to Idaho in order to bring much-needed transparency and oversight to Oklahoma’s institutions of higher education.J. Mark Ousley | June 15, 2021
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Budget & Tax
Oklahoma policymakers should beware the Biden spending binge
Late last month, most states, counties, and major cities across the country received 50% of their allotment from the bloated $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP).Mike Mazzei | June 14, 2021
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Higher Education
Lawsuit seeks release of OU report on Boren allegations
NonDoc has filed a lawsuit in Cleveland County District Court asking a judge to order the release of two reports prepared by the Jones Day law firm for the University of Oklahoma, including one report dealing with sexual allegations against former OU President David Boren.Ray Carter | June 11, 2021
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Budget & Tax
Stitt’s decision to incentivize work is the right one
Gov. Stitt made the right move in putting an end to the $300 federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits for Oklahomans.Curtis Shelton | June 10, 2021
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Higher Education
At USAO event, BLM leader touts cop killer
T. Sheri Dickerson, president of the Oklahoma City Black Lives Matter chapter, touted two radical activists involved in killings of a judge and a police officer in the 1970s during an online speech hosted by the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma.Ray Carter | June 10, 2021
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Education
Oklahoma’s ‘best’ school fares poorly in national comparison
The Jenks Public Schools district has been identified as the best school in Oklahoma in a national review, despite that same evaluation finding less than half of students at the district read at grade level.Ray Carter | June 9, 2021
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Education
Time for some genuinely critical race theory
Governor Kevin Stitt was kicked off the Tulsa Race Massacre Commission after signing a new law widely described as “banning CRT” in the state’s schools.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | June 9, 2021
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Higher Education
Did OU punish a female student for wrongthink?
After the latest glimpse into the culture at OU, OCPA president Jonathan Small has some questions for the regents.Jonathan Small | June 8, 2021
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Higher Education
OU athletes required to watch anti-Trump film
Scholarship athletes at OU were required to watch and discuss a political documentary that compares former President Donald Trump and his supporters with violent segregationists in the 1960s.Ray Carter | June 7, 2021