Articles
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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
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Budget & Tax
McGirt fallout could hit public schools
A tax protest brought by theOneta Power company in Broken Arrow is once again bringing the Supreme Court ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma to the forefront.Curtis Shelton | March 24, 2021
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Education
School-funding reform clears Senate committee
Members of a state Senate committee have now voted to reform the funding formula to reduce the number of “ghost students” claimed by districts.Ray Carter | March 23, 2021
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Higher Education
‘Living beyond gender’: UCO faculty discuss pronoun use
“Pronouns in the Classroom” was the subject of a recent virtual roundtable discussion among University of Central Oklahoma faculty and staff.Staci Elder Hensley | March 23, 2021