Articles
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Higher Education
Transparency needed in campus diversity training
Not only colleges’ budgets should be open for review, but so should the content of what they teach faculty, staff, and students.Adam Kissel | November 6, 2020
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Higher Education
Conservative OU student group faces free-speech obstacles
“When you’re a conservative group on campus, sometimes you’ve just got to jump through a couple hoops, which is sad but that’s our reality.”Ray Carter | November 5, 2020
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Economy, Energy
Oil prices impacting state finances
A new report from the state treasurer shows that the ongoing crash in oil-and-gas prices continues to hammer Oklahoma government finances and indicates lawmakers could face a shortfall in the 2021 session.Ray Carter | November 5, 2020
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Budget & Tax, Education
Jenks revenue increases, per-pupil revenue falls
Jenks Public Schools has seen consistent growth in enrollment over the last decade while revenue remained somewhat flat until a large increase in fiscal year 2019.Curtis Shelton | November 5, 2020
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Education
GOP and school-choice supporters gain legislative seats
According to one group, this year’s results have also boosted the number of lawmakers who support school-choice policies.Ray Carter | November 4, 2020
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Culture & the Family
Moore schools' COVID-19 numbers defy doomsday predictions
Starting the 2020-2021 school year amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, many of Oklahoma’s largest districts decided to shutter all in-person learning and go fully online.Ray Carter | November 3, 2020
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Budget & Tax, Education
Edmond school revenues continue to rise
Edmond Public Schools has seen a moderate increase in enrollment over the last decade but has experienced a faster increase in revenue.Curtis Shelton | November 3, 2020
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Education
OEA supports Horn
77.5 percent of the OEA’s political spending has gone to Democratic candidates.Curtis Shelton | November 2, 2020
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Higher Education
Are Oklahoma universities violating Trump’s executive order?
Leading Oklahoma institutions of higher education are grappling with a recent presidential executive order that could suspend much or all of their federal grant funding if they engage in diversity and anti-bias training that crosses the line into what the order called “race and sex stereotyping and scapegoating.”Mike Brake | November 2, 2020
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Education
Research refutes school-choice critics’ ‘segregation’ claim
Critics of school-choice policies have argued that charter schools and taxpayer-funded private-school scholarship programs lead to increased racial segregation.Ray Carter | November 2, 2020