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Education
Education budget plan emphasizes tutoring, teacher pay
Members of the State Board of Education have approved a budget proposal for public schools that would fund tutoring for struggling students, make permanent a major teacher signing-bonus plan, and provide additional bonuses to tutor-teachers with the size of that bonus tied to students’ academic gains.Ray Carter | September 28, 2023
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Education
Charter school funding lags traditional public schools
If public charter school funding was tied to student results, those schools would be receiving more per pupil than most of their traditional public-school counterparts. Instead, they often receive much less.Ray Carter | September 25, 2023
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Education
19 in 20 Oklahoma high-school graduates are not prepared to begin college STEM courses
School-produced illiteracy remains a huge problem in Oklahoma—and our state’s poor academic outcomes are not limited to reading.Jonathan Small | September 20, 2023
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Education, Law & Principles
Unusual election dates are a drag on voter turnout
The president of the Western Heights school board was elected with 328 votes. Low voter turnout in odd-timed spring elections has untethered many school board members from the parents they are supposed to serve.Brandon Dutcher | September 19, 2023
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Education
Oklahoma school money not flowing to kids with challenges
A member of the Tulsa school board says money meant for special-needs students isn’t always used for those students. It’s a problem state Sen. Adam Pugh tried to solve this year.Ray Carter | September 14, 2023
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Education
Western Heights parent worried by school’s response to child-abuse report
A parent in the Western Heights school district is concerned by school officials’ response to her report of alleged in-school abuse of her child by another student.Ray Carter | September 13, 2023
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Education
Teachers’ unions are selling a big lie
It is time to hold teachers' unions accountable for pushing a radical political and social agenda that most teachers wouldn't support with their hard-earned money if they realized it.Bre Oberdick | September 11, 2023
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Education, Culture & the Family
Oklahoma school staff hired despite sex-crime allegations
Two Oklahoma school districts recently hired staff members—one of them a drag queen who reads to children—despite prior convictions or serious allegations of sex crimes involving children.Ray Carter | September 8, 2023
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Education
Supplemental school material causes online liberal meltdown
While California Gov. Gavin Newsom thinks Oklahoma’s partnership with PragerU is “disgusting,” one Oklahoma teacher says of PragerU content: “Kids were engaged & loved it!”Ray Carter | September 7, 2023
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Education
Lankford seeks action on Chinese Communist role in schools
U.S. Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma City, is among 18 members of the U.S. Senate calling for a nationwide audit to “determine how much funding from hostile foreign governments has flowed into America’s K-12 schools.”Ray Carter | August 31, 2023