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Education
Test results show no academic improvement after Oklahoma’s school spending spree
Though funding for Oklahoma’s public schools has skyrocketed since 2013, test scores in both reading and math are far lower today than in 2013.Ray Carter | January 29, 2025
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Education
Senate Education Committee leaders seek longer school year, other reforms
The leaders of the Senate Education Committee have unveiled an agenda that includes lengthening the school year in Oklahoma, moving school-board elections to boost public input, and eliminating “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) programs on college campuses.Ray Carter | January 28, 2025
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Education
Stitt, Paxton, Hilbert laud Oklahoma education-freedom ranking
Oklahoma has been ranked one of the best states in the nation for educational freedom. The ranking drew praise from Oklahoma’s governor and legislative leaders.Ray Carter | January 28, 2025
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Education
Teachers’ union holds anti-Trump webinar
Members of the National Education Association, whose state affiliate is the Oklahoma Education Association, held a webinar with sessions on “defending LGBTQ+ civil rights in public schools” and keeping U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement “out of schools.”Ray Carter | January 20, 2025
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Education
Lower-income families benefiting from Oklahoma school choice tax credit
New data from the Oklahoma Tax Commission show that the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit program has benefited far more children from lower-income families than children from families in the program’s top income bracket.Ray Carter | January 17, 2025
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Education
Let’s push for content-rich rigor in Oklahoma science standards
The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) is to be commended for publishing draft social studies standards that depart from the failed, radicalizing status quo. Now it’s time to do the same with science standards.David Randall, Ph.D. | January 16, 2025
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Education
Bill would move Oklahoma school-board elections to November
Extremely low voter turnout is the norm in Oklahoma school-board elections. One state lawmaker wants to move school-board races to general-election ballots that generate much higher levels of community involvement.Ray Carter | January 15, 2025
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Education
Oklahoma public school revenue hits $13,736 per student
According to the Oklahoma Cost Accounting System, per-student revenue in Oklahoma public schools reached $13,736 per student in the 2023-24 school year—an increase of 51 percent since 2017-18. During that time, Oklahoma’s average ACT score dropped from 19.3 to 17.6.Ray Carter | January 8, 2025
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Education
Should we means-test education?
Some Oklahomans believe it's fine to give millionaires and billionaires an entitlement subsidy of $13,605 annually (for public school)—but that it’s somehow wrong to give working-class parents $7,500 for private school.Jonathan Small | December 31, 2024
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Education, Law & Principles
Embrace what works (phonics) or risk getting sued
Too many educators teach children to guess rather than teaching them to read. Now these “defective goods and services” have landed some defendants in court.Jonathan Small | December 30, 2024