Articles
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Education, Culture & the Family
Parent group launches, seeks accountability from schools
Gathered at the Oklahoma Capitol on a brisk Monday, parents announced the formation of a group that will seek to empower families to have greater control in their children’s education—including the ability to hold recall elections for school board members that ignore parents’ wishes.Ray Carter | November 23, 2020
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Economy, Energy
Biden energy plan would wallop Oklahoma economy
The October General Revenue report revealed that Oklahoma’s oil and gas industry continues to struggle.Curtis Shelton | November 23, 2020
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Higher Education
OU strategic plan will impose expensive, coercive diversity regime
On July 28, 2020, the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents approved a new strategic plan.David Randall, Ph.D. | November 20, 2020
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Budget & Tax, Education
Muskogee per-pupil revenue growing
Enrollment in Muskogee Public Schools has declined by nearly 900 students, a 13 percent decrease, over the last decade. Over that same time, total revenues have fallen by 5 percent.Curtis Shelton | November 19, 2020
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Culture & the Family
Study undercuts calls for mask mandates
Even as calls continue for statewide mask mandates in Oklahoma schools and most public places, a comprehensive new study indicates that masks provide little or no protection from COVID-19.Ray Carter | November 19, 2020
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Higher Education
Historian promotes balanced version of U.S. history
For roughly three decades, Wilfred McClay has taught United States history, but he only recently decided to take the plunge and write his own American History textbook for teenage students after concluding the available alternatives were “simply not adequate to the task of creating that sense of living and nourishing connection to the past.”Ray Carter | November 19, 2020
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Education
Agency hides memo warning of illegal activity
The Oklahoma State Department of Education has stripped its website of a memo issued by the state attorney general, which warns that the agency has acted illegally in its administration of a state program for children with special needs.Ray Carter | November 17, 2020
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Health Care
Liberal groups seek to expand government health care, quash private insurance
Earlier this year theOklahoma Education Association and theOklahoma Hospital Association, in conjunction with the Service Employees International Union SEIU, strongly supported and helped finance the adoption of Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion in Oklahoma. This extends Medicaid’s welfare benefits to certain lower-income able-bodied adults.Kaitlyn Finley | November 17, 2020
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Education
State board of education on shaky legal ground
In September of this year, the Oklahoma State Board of Education denied the applications of two Christian schools to the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship program.Ryan Haynie | November 17, 2020
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Culture & the Family
Stitt announces restaurant, bar restrictions
Restaurants and bars will operate under new restrictions announced by Gov. Kevin Stitt as part of an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 in Oklahoma.Ray Carter | November 16, 2020