Articles
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Education
Walters announces effort to improve low-performing schools
State Superintendent Ryan Walters proposes additional resources for schools with a majority of students below grade level in reading and math, while also allowing schools with no improvement in student achievement to lose state accreditation.Ray Carter | November 30, 2023
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Education
With tax credit, parents excited by school-choice prospects
This year, lawmakers approved the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit Act, making refundable tax credits available to all Oklahoma parents to help pay for private-school tuition.Ray Carter | November 30, 2023
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Education
Oklahoma private-school critics ignore reality
School-choice opponents have tried, and failed, to convince parents to oppose policies that grant greater educational opportunity to their children. So now school-choice opponents have a new tactic: They’re urging Oklahomans to ignore reality.Jonathan Small | November 27, 2023
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Budget & Tax, Education
Purchasing power has declined
In the face of surging inflation and rising expenses in the state, private schools will likely raise tuition to cope with escalating costs and to compete with the rising salaries in public schools.Curtis Shelton | November 14, 2023
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Education, Good Government
Oklahoma school-choice law hailed as national model
Oklahoma policymakers’ decision to provide tax credits to Oklahoma families to pay for private-school tuition is being hailed as a model for states around the country by a national organization.Ray Carter | November 14, 2023
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Budget & Tax, Education
Oklahoma teacher salaries have risen dramatically
The average teacher salary in Oklahoma has dramatically increased with a significant portion of the raise attributed to an additional $250 million allocated during the 2023 legislative session.Curtis Shelton | November 10, 2023
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Education, Culture & the Family
Researcher finds few books banned in schools
Oklahoma parents have been slandered by journalists and left-wing activists (to the extent those can be distinguished) as “book banners.” They’re not.Ray Carter | November 8, 2023
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Education
Oklahoma per-student revenue has risen dramatically
From 2017 to 2022, total revenue for public education in Oklahoma significantly increased, leading to a substantial growth in per-pupil revenue, and this trend was further bolstered by a significant spending increase in 2023.Curtis Shelton | November 8, 2023
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Education
Once again, career teachers don’t make hall-of-fame cut
Fully 91 percent of Oklahoma Educators Hall of Fame inductees are not career K-12 classroom teachers.Ray Carter | November 6, 2023
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Budget & Tax, Education
Government spending hikes put pressure on private schools
Public-school teacher salaries, already higher than those of their private-school counterparts, have increased by $8,000 in Oklahoma since 2018. Can private schools keep pace?Curtis Shelton | November 6, 2023