Articles
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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
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Higher Education
Despite higher ed officials' claims, spending hovers near all-time highs
Over the past year, Oklahoma’s higher education administrators have been quick to vocalize a doomsday scenario for Oklahoma’s colleges and universities if the state legislature reduced appropriations again.Cody Ray Milner | September 11, 2017
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Education
Dangerous distractions
Approximately 54 percent of OKCPS African-Americans currently attend a failing school. Approximately 42 percent of OKCPS Hispanic students currently attend a failing school.Jonathan Small | September 1, 2017
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Budget & Tax
“Messaging” matters, so do facts
Representative Leslie Osborn claims Oklahomans are “tired of us doing things the way we’ve always done them.” This begs the question: what has the state been doing?Curtis Shelton | August 28, 2017