Articles
-
Education, Culture & the Family
House advances ban on sex-ed and transgender lessons
By an overwhelming margin, members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives have voted to prohibit classroom lessons on sexual orientation or gender identity in Oklahoma elementary schools.Ray Carter | March 21, 2023
-
Education, Culture & the Family
Union advises teachers to hide information from parents
Even with recent Oklahoma laws restricting access to school bathrooms based on sex and preventing males from competing in girls’ sports as transgender females, a guidebook provided by the OEA to its members advises teachers to do the opposite.Ray Carter | March 16, 2023
-
Education
Per-pupil public-school funds exceed private-school tuition
Based on a review of 87 private schools in Oklahoma, available data shows most private schools charge tuition rates far below the per-pupil spending that occurs in public schools, and many private-school students are not scions of generational wealth.Ray Carter | March 15, 2023
-
Education
Oklahoma private schools—tuition and ACT scores
The following list of private schools in Oklahoma contains current-year reported tuition figures and publicly reported ACT averages where applicable and available.Ray Carter | March 15, 2023
-
Education, Law & Principles
Senate votes to reform state scholarship program
Members of the Oklahoma Senate have voted to streamline the process for children to qualify for the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities (LNH) program and to also expand the program to homeless children.Ray Carter | March 13, 2023
-
Education, Law & Principles
Effort to prevent union coercion advances
Oklahoma schools would be required to make certain, on an annual basis, that teacher employees want to continue having union dues withheld from their paychecks under legislation approved by the Oklahoma Senate.Ray Carter | March 13, 2023
-
Education, Culture & the Family
Oklahoma Senate restricts pornographic materials in school libraries
Oklahoma school libraries would be required to restrict children’s access to materials based on the age-appropriateness of materials, following public outcry after numerous reports of sexually graphic and pornographic materials in many schools, under legislation approved by the Oklahoma Senate.Ray Carter | March 7, 2023
-
Education
With educational rigor and reform, Oklahoma can be a national leader
Oklahoma's lieutenant governor spends a lot of time talking to existing businesses in our state and companies looking to relocate to Oklahoma. If policymakers will embrace rigor and reform (including parental choice), he believes Oklahoma can become a national leader.Lieutenant Governor Matt Pinnell | March 2, 2023
-
Education
Homeless children added to Oklahoma school-choice program
Homeless children would be added to a longstanding school-choice voucher program, and the process for other students to benefit from the program would be streamlined, under legislation approved by an Oklahoma Senate committee.Ray Carter | March 1, 2023
-
Education, Law & Principles
Bill to strengthen teacher rights clears committee
Legislation that would strengthen teachers’ rights when dealing with unions has won easy approval in a state Senate committee.Ray Carter | March 1, 2023