Articles
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Education
Tulsa school is rescuing kids
Most parents want their children to not only survive but thrive. Sadly, among some school-choice opponents, that is apparently viewed as a controversial statement.Jonathan Small | April 14, 2023
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Budget & Tax, Education
Oklahoma taxes and education spending
That means public education receives more than one-third of every tax dollar collected by the state.Curtis Shelton | April 14, 2023
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Education
Everyone pays, everyone is eligible: Why universal school choice makes sense
Everyone pays for public education, Social Security, and Medicare—and everyone is eligible for them. School-choice programs shouldn't be any different.Brandon Dutcher | April 13, 2023
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Education, Culture & the Family
To stop school porn, enact school choice
Schools should be for education, not indoctrination. But for those who want to radically change society, schools are the obvious place to start.Trent England | April 12, 2023
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Budget & Tax, Education
How much it costs to educate a child
In 2022, per-pupil expenses in Oklahoma were $12,967. That means the state determined it costs nearly $13,000 to educate a child every year.Curtis Shelton | April 11, 2023
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Education
Oklahoma lawmakers call for de-emphasizing MLK in school lessons
Some black Democratic lawmakers say Martin Luther King, Jr. should get less emphasis in proposed instruction in Oklahoma schools with one legislator even dismissing King as “one palatable Black man.”Ray Carter | April 6, 2023
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Education
Oklahoma Democrats oppose teaching children about civil-rights era
A measure that would require Oklahoma schools to devote time to instruction on the civil-rights struggle from 1954 to 1968, including the strategies employed by Martin Luther King, Jr., has passed out of a Senate committee over the objections of Democrats.Ray Carter | April 4, 2023
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Education, Culture & the Family
Sarah Stitt: School choice can break cycles of dysfunction
First Lady Sarah Stitt said the lessons she reaped from her upbringing include the importance of education and empowering families with school choice.Ray Carter | April 3, 2023
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Education, Culture & the Family
Oklahoma parents, students rally for school choice
Hundreds of parents and students urged lawmakers to enact robust school-choice policies this year that will allow Oklahoma families to more easily access private schools and homeschooling, speaking out at a Capitol rally on Thursday.Ray Carter | March 30, 2023
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Education, Law & Principles
Court finds Edmond schools broke state law
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that Edmond Public Schools’ COVID vaccination policy violated state law.Ray Carter | March 30, 2023