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Education, Culture & the Family
Betsy DeVos to receive OCPA’s Citizenship Award
Former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos will be the recipient of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affair’s 2021 Citizenship Award.Staff | March 30, 2021
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Education
COVID masks touted amidst COVID plunge
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister recently touted an increase in mask supply for schools even as the actual number of COVID-19 cases has plunged in Oklahoma.Ray Carter | March 29, 2021
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Education
Oklahoma lawmakers shouldn’t fund ‘critical race theory’ training
What do Pepé Le Pew and a high-school student in Las Vegas have in common? Both are targets of adherents of Marxist-derived “critical race theory” and its offshoots.Jonathan Small | March 29, 2021
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Education
Put parents in charge with a universal ESA
Putting parents in charge of education through universal ESA is the best way to help schools cope with the challenges of the crisis in a way that will actually deliver the best possible education.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | March 26, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Economy
Stitt considering expansion of ‘Skills to Rebuild’ program
An Oklahoma career tech superintendent who created a 2020 program to help retrain mid-career adults displaced by the pandemic wants to take that successful program statewide.Mike Brake | March 26, 2021
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Law & Principles
In defense of ‘a shrine to freedom’
Cancel Thomas Jefferson? Not if this OCPA Fears Fellow has anything to say about it.J. Mark Ousley | March 26, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education, Law & Principles
Agreement means equitable funding for Oklahoma students
The State Board of Education has voted to settle a longstanding lawsuit by requiring that public charter schools be funded on an equitable basis with their traditional public-school counterparts.Ray Carter | March 26, 2021
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Health Care
Don’t try to ‘correct’ the market with pharmacy ‘fairness’
Much scrutiny surrounds big players in health care—large hospital systems, pharmaceutical companies, and insurance companies—and for good reason.Jonathan Small | March 25, 2021
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Law & Principles
Senate approves bill to tamper with SQ 780
SB 334 is the only bill left alive that seeks to undo some of what was achieved by voters in 2016 with SQ 780.Ryan Haynie | March 25, 2021
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Education
Educators say Oklahoma public schools are deeply racist
In a recent Twitter chat, numerous Oklahoma educators said the state’s public schools are “steeped” in racism.Ray Carter | March 24, 2021