Articles
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Good Government
Krauthammer Tells OCPA Audience American Hyper-Liberalism Cannot Go On and, Therefore, Will Not Go On
Speaking April 2 at the OCPA Citizenship Dinner, Krauthammer said Americans have historically favored freedom over the false promises of an overextended welfare state—and he’s confident they will again.Tina Korbe Dzurisin | May 7, 2014
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Education
School Choice Saves Money for State, School District Budgets
The design of the Education Savings Account program ensures that state taxpayers will save substantial funding as some students access Education Savings Accounts.Benjamin Scafidi | May 7, 2014
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Health Care
Medicaid Reforms Even Obama (or Republicans) Can Love
It may be hard to believe, but it was only four years ago that health care costs became the top cost driver in the Oklahoma state budget, surpassing the traditional “winner,” K-12 public education.Patrick B. McGuigan | May 7, 2014
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Education
Oklahomans want educational choices
An honest reading of the public-opinion survey data over the past couple of years shows that Oklahomans favor educational choice.Brandon Dutcher | April 28, 2014
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Budget & Tax
YOU GUEST IT: Lt. Gov. Lamb: Conservative policies work, tax hikes unwise
Over the past four years I’ve focused on Oklahoma’s economy by traveling each year to all 77 counties to visit with small businesses. I routinely ask business owners, “What are our greatest impediments to growth?” We’ve made significant strides, including but not limited to reform of our workers’ compensation system.Todd Lamb | April 22, 2014
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Education
Can Oklahoma afford to fail 10,529 high-school students every year?
Schools, like students, need to learn to see a tough task through until it’s complete. And if they tell us they’re having too much trouble learning, reforms like school choice could help them get up to speed.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | April 10, 2014
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Education
Parental Choice Is Accountability
Americans face a choice between two paths that will guide education in this nation for generations: self-government and central planning. Which we choose will depend in large measure on how well we understand accountability.Andrew J. Coulson, Jason Bedrick, Lindsey M. Burke, Joseph Bast, Kara Kerwin & Herbert J. Walberg | April 9, 2014
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Education, Culture & the Family
Family Intactness, Parental Participation, and Student Performance
When President Obama was interviewed by Bill O’Reilly of FOX News, O’Reilly made the statement that poverty is driven by the dissolution of the American family. He specifically asked the president, “Why isn’t there a campaign by you and the First Lady to address this very explicitly?”Wendy Warcholik, Ph.D. | April 9, 2014
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Education
‘Essentially No Link’ Between State Education Spending and Student Performance
Even as various school-employee labor unions and other members of the public-education community converged on the state capitol March 31 for an “education funding rally,” a new study released two weeks prior suggests that “there is essentially no link” between state education spending and student performance.Brandon Dutcher | April 9, 2014
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Education
Parental Choice Is Accountability
Americans face a choice between two paths that will guide education in this nation for generations: self-government and central planning. Which we choose will depend in large measure on how well we understand accountability.Andrew J. Coulson, Jason Bedrick & Lindsey M. Burke | April 9, 2014