Articles
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Education
Leaders React to Oklahoma Senator’s ‘Truly Shocking’ Mengele Comparison
Senator Ron Sharp invoked Nazi officer Josef Mengele when criticizing school choice legislation being considered by the committee.Jay Chilton | February 24, 2017
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Education
Educators, Policymakers Decry ‘Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations’
All children learn differently. The cookie-cutter approach to the public school system does not provide for that.Jay Chilton | February 21, 2017
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Education
ESA Bill Passes Education Committee: Q&A with State Sen. Rob Standridge
State Sen. Rob Standridge, R-Norman, sat down with CIJ following a meeting of the Oklahoma Senate Education Committee on Monday where his Education Savings Account bill, SB 560, passed by a one-vote marginJay Chilton | February 21, 2017
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Budget & Tax, Health Care
TSET Billboard Spending Examined
TSET currently uses 92 billboards in Oklahoma’s major population areas. The total budget for TSET’s billboard advertising campaign in fiscal year 2017 is $770,000.Jay Chilton | February 20, 2017
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Education
School Choice Proponents Hold Summit, Detractors Hold Protest
Parents, students and education stakeholders met at Oklahoma City Community College for the first annual Oklahoma School Choice Summit.Jay Chilton | January 31, 2017
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Good Government
Staff Member at Taxpayer-Funded Organization Works to Oppose Presidential Appointment
Hayley Jones serves on the executive staff for the Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration as deputy general counsel, paid on the taxpayer's dime. She also subverts government appointments.Jay Chilton | January 31, 2017
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Education
Historic Seminole Charter School Wins Approval from State Board of Education
After a contentious hearing and a unanimous vote by the State Board of Education, a new charter school is coming to Seminole.Jay Chilton | January 26, 2017
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Education
Oklahoma teacher pay closer to average when cost of living considered
A study on teacher pay by the 1889 Institute found that, when the cost of living is considered, teacher pay in Oklahoma jumps from 48th to 30th.Jay Chilton | January 17, 2017
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Higher Education
State Regents Define Goals, Advocate Increased Funding
The State Regents for Higher Education voted , to request an 18.3 percent increase in funding from the State of Oklahoma, a $957.9 million appropriations increase.Jay Chilton | January 17, 2017
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Higher Education
OU Hires Ex-Senator as Lobbyist
Shortly following the December 1 meeting of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the OU Board of Regents met in Norman and voted to approve President David Boren’s appointment of former Oklahoma state Sen. Jonathan Nichols as vice president of governmental relations.Staff Reports | December 20, 2016