Articles
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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
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Health Care
Obamacare Medicaid Expansion Is a Bad Idea
Even as those parts of Obamacare that have not yet been postponed stagger toward the finish line, one part of the president’s health-care law continues to build momentum. As of this writing, 25 states and the District of Columbia have chosen to expand their Medicaid programs in accordance with Obamacare.Michael Tanner | April 9, 2014
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Health Care
Surgery Center of Oklahoma: Better Living Through Free-Market Health Care
You had to be paying attention, or have it called to your attention. Thanks to a little bit of both, I’ve investigated another fascinating example of health care affordability in an increasingly insane health care market.Patrick B. McGuigan | April 9, 2014
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Agriculture
Give states more power to make their own farm policies
Neither of these proposals is perfect or a cure-all, but they both have some promise in shaking up the status-quo and moving in a more promising direction.Jayson Lusk | April 6, 2014
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Education
Liberal Christian says trapping kids in dreadful schools is 'outrageous and immoral'
Dr. Olasky (who once gave a speech for OCPA entitled “Why School Choice is Compassionate”) followed up with this question: “What if you compare the education that some inner city students get in good Christian schools, compared to what they get in their local public schools?”Brandon Dutcher | April 1, 2014