Articles
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Education
YOU GUEST IT: Oklahomans strongly favor moving local school board elections to November
In an effort to increase turnout and participation in the electoral process, a proposal has been made to move local school board elections to the general election date in November. According to the most recent quarterly poll from SoonerPoll, Oklahomans strongly favor this idea — with 64.8 percent favoring the idea and 49.5 percent strongly favoring it.Bill Shapard | February 10, 2015
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Budget & Tax
Shining a Light on ‘Free’ Federal Money
Should the state officials you elect be informed about federal funds spent in Oklahoma? For that matter, should citizens have access to data that reveal the strings attached to federal dollars in our state?Trent England | February 5, 2015
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Education
Foster better education with choice for foster children
If Oklahoma is going to adopt sweeping reforms to serve foster children better, it shouldn’t just think about homes. It should think about schools. As state policymakers scrounge to find $150 million to implement a proposed plan to reform the foster care system, they should also implement a policy which would actually save money. By doing so, they could revolutionize life for some of Oklahoma’s most vulnerable children.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | February 5, 2015
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Education
Tear Down This Wall
Education is the source of personal reformation and the pathway to achievement of dreams. Throughout my writing, reporting, and teaching career I have supported education reform in the broadest sense.Patrick B. McGuigan | February 5, 2015
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Higher Education
How to Make Higher Education More Affordable
A new semester is under way, which means many college students (and their parents) are again worried about things like tuition costs and student debt.Anthony Hennen & Richard Vedder | February 5, 2015
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Education
Who Should Decide What’s for Lunch?
We need more research on the impacts of school lunch room policies before they’re implemented. And, local parents and teachers need to be empowered to creatively address their children’s lunchroom challenges rather than being tasked to following the myriad complicated dictates from Washington.Jayson Lusk | February 5, 2015
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Education
How to Make Higher Education More Affordable
In higher education, the key to containing and reducing costs is improved productivity, meaning “doing more with less.” Yet in a new report published by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, we found that Oklahoma has done the opposite.Anthony Hennen & Richard Vedder | February 5, 2015
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Education
Tear Down This Wall
The time for school choice as Oklahoma’s central education policy is past due. I advocate choice not because I think any one step taken is a panacea, but because liberty is the heart of the American dream. That dream must belong to more, not fewer, of us.Patrick B. McGuigan | February 5, 2015
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Education
Foster better education with choice for foster children
If Oklahoma is going to adopt sweeping reforms to serve foster children better, it shouldn’t just think about homes. It should think about schools. As state policymakers scrounge to find $150 million to implement a proposed plan to reform the foster care system, they should also implement a policy which would actually save money. By doing so, they could revolutionize life for some of Oklahoma’s most vulnerable children.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | February 5, 2015
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
Shining a Light on ‘Free’ Federal Money
Should the state officials you elect be informed about federal funds spent in Oklahoma? For that matter, should citizens have access to data that reveal the strings attached to federal dollars in our state?Trent England | February 5, 2015