Articles
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Education
A teacher-recruitment tool for school administrators
We have all heard the assertion from K-12 public school representatives that there is a teacher shortage and that teachers are leaving for jobs in other states.Steve Anderson | April 12, 2017
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
Workers' comp reform is working
For decades, advocates of growth and prosperity for Oklahoma argued for three crucial reforms: income tax cuts, right to work, and reform of our costly, unwieldy workers' compensation system.Mike Brake | April 7, 2017
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Budget & Tax
A look at TSET
The fund for TSET has become large enough that it can sustain current programs and research.Curtis Shelton | April 7, 2017
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Education
10 things you’ll learn with our education finance data tool
It’s not surprising that the education finance data tool is one of the most popular destinations on the OCPA website.Steve Anderson | April 6, 2017
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
Was it legal to drain Oklahoma’s rainy day fund?
Gov. Mary Fallin’s administration has drained Oklahoma’s Constitutional Reserve Fund, often called the Rainy Day Fund.Trent England | April 3, 2017
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Education
Keep education–and choice–in the states
The election of Donald Trump as president and the confirmation of longtime school choice leader Betsy DeVos as education secretary are ushering in a major debate about using the federal government to promote school choice.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | April 1, 2017
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Law & Principles
Prosperity districts: Giving freedom a chance
Passage of the Prosperity States Compact would allow communities in Oklahoma and sister states to become beacons of freedom and prosperity, showing the way to restore first the states and then the nation to their founding principles—from the grassroots up, rather than the top down.Nick Dranias | April 1, 2017
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Education
The New Civics: Using ‘service learning’ to teach progressive advocacy
In Oklahoma and across the country, a new effort is diverting university resources and student time to progressive causes, propagandizing students into progressive beliefs, and creating a cadre of radical activists.David Randall, Ph.D. | April 1, 2017
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Budget & Tax
End tax cronyism in Oklahoma
By taking bipartisan aim at tax cronyism, Oklahoma can unlock an economy of the future.William Freeland | April 1, 2017
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Law & Principles
Senate bill could put Christians, conservatives at risk
Oklahoma legislators should not set a precedent that helps liberal mobs target Christians and conservatives, even if those most in danger today are in other, more liberal states.Trent England | March 31, 2017