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Those faced with the challenges of autism deserve our cooperation and innovation – not mandates and the assault on programs that already prove effective.

While education funding in Oklahoma amounts to roughly $156,000 per classroom, taxpayers are told of underfunded schools and impoverished students who are difficult to educate. Well, earlier this month the prestigious magazine The Economist had a fascinating cover story, “The $1-a-week school,” on the rapid emergence of low-budget private schools in a number of nations, most of which can be safely classified as Third World.

Part one of five in the "Five Questions: Constitution expert Trent England on the pros and cons of an Article V convention" series.

Being tough on crime means being willing to ask whether or not we are doing it right—and changing course if the facts suggest that a change is necessary. Many states have demonstrated that specific, targeted reforms in sentencing, alternative programming, and reentry are the keys to success.

Much work is left to make sure Oklahomans can get affordable care. Policymakers have made those prospects better by avoiding the Medicaid expansion trap and focusing their energy on market-based, consumer-driven reforms that increase access and affordability.

Most Oklahoma taxpayers have no idea how our schools are funded. That’s not surprising. Money flows to our schools from a variety of sources, each of which may pay based on different criteria.

When the flag is flying and I’m singing along with the anthem, my heart wells up, I take a deep breath, and am thankful for a country I love and my ancestors who served it.

Oklahoma is one of only a tiny handful of states in which the overwhelming majority of four-year-olds attend government-run pre-Kindergarten. Oklahomans ought to ask themselves if that aligns with who they are as a people and what they think is important for young children.

ESAs build on the very worthwhile voucher and scholarship option by enabling families to direct every single dollar in their child’s account to multiple providers and products. And they include solid accountability measures, including providing receipts for expenditures to those managing the ESA programs in state agencies.

Day after day, year after year, the hole that climate scientists have buried themselves in gets deeper and deeper. The longer that they wait to admit their overheated forecasts were wrong, the more they are going to harm all of science.