Articles
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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
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Criminal Justice
Why SQ 805 fearmongering is false
Claims that the sky will fall if SQ 805 passes are absurd.Trent England | October 31, 2020
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Criminal Justice
SQ 805: objections v. reality
Let's talk about common objections to SQ 805 versus the reality of the state question's implications.Ryan Haynie | October 30, 2020
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Education
Oklahoma needs a bigger ‘wallet’
Among the 30 states that have adopted private school-choice programs, five are using a new kind of school choice called Education Savings Accounts. Oklahoma doesn’t have this kind of choice yet—but it almost does!Greg Forster, Ph.D. | October 29, 2020
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Health Care
How much does Oklahoma’s Medicaid program cost taxpayers?
OHCA is Oklahoma’s second-largest agency in terms of state-appropriated dollars, second only to the Oklahoma State Department of Education.Kaitlyn Finley | October 28, 2020
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Education
Experts warn against ban on for-profit management
In its audit of Epic Charter Schools, the office of the Oklahoma State Auditor & Inspector urged lawmakers to follow the lead of California Democrats by banning for-profit entities from managing Oklahoma charter schools.Ray Carter | October 28, 2020
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Higher Education
OU response to ‘racist’ incident criticized by students
The response of administrators at the University of Oklahoma after a professor read a historical document that included a racial pejorative has left an impression on students—although perhaps not the impression OU administrators hoped to foster.Ray Carter | October 27, 2020
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Higher Education
Oklahoma colleges rank poorly for free speech
A new report shows the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University rank 38th and 50th, respectively, out of 55 top national universities in their support of free speech.Ray Carter | October 26, 2020