Articles
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Education
Is OKCPS a sanctuary school district? Officials send mixed messages
Oklahoma City Public Schools Superintendent Aurora Lora issued a statement on Sept. 5 in opposition to the Trump administration’s decision to rescind an Obama-era executive order establishing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.Jay Chilton | September 19, 2017
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Education
OKCPS board gives attention to school names, DACA
Three sites in the Oklahoma City School District—M.L. King, Jr. Elementary School, F.D. Moon Elementary School, and Oklahoma Centennial Middle School—rank among the nation’s 20 worst-performing public schools, according to an article published by NeighborhoodScout.com.Jay Chilton | September 18, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Solving revenue volatility in Oklahoma
Tax volatility is not about changes in tax rates, but rather changes in the revenue base against which taxes are levied.Cody Ray Milner | September 18, 2017
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Education
Course choice is here
Should every Oklahoma high school student have access to a calculus class, or Mandarin Chinese, or Latin?Jonathan Small | September 15, 2017
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Criminal Justice
The unfinished business of criminal justice reform
When Oklahoma voters approved State Questions 780 and 781 in 2016, they made themselves perfectly clear: Criminal justice reform is a top priority for Oklahoma.Jonathan Small | September 14, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Kansas tax cuts were successful
The liberal media ignore the many successes of the Kansas income-tax cuts.Dave Bond | September 14, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Oklahoma state government spending is higher than ever
In discussions about taxes and state government spending in Oklahoma, some advocates insist that available funding has been slashed to the bone for important public services.Curtis Shelton & Dave Bond | September 14, 2017
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Education
Diversity and community on campus
As students arrive back at college this fall, the state of community on campus has been a hot topic all summer. It’s usually framed as a tradeoff between student rights to free speech and the solidarity of the community. In fact, giving students back their rights is the only hope to get real community back as well.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | September 14, 2017
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Higher Education
A solution to the campus free-speech crisis
State lawmakers should consider the primacy of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, an idea on which so many other freedoms rest, and make their most important gift to young adults an appreciation of the same.Jonathan Butcher | September 14, 2017
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Higher Education
The higher ed defunding that’s yet to come?
This is Oklahoma—not Oregon or Vermont. When will higher ed officials wake up?Brandon Dutcher | September 14, 2017