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Education
As NEA commits to fight ‘fascist’ Trump, lawmakers target union’s federal charter
At its recent national convention, the National Education Association (NEA)—the parent organization of Oklahoma’s OEA—approved a series of resolutions attacking President Trump, defending illegal immigration, and more.Ray Carter | July 17, 2025
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Education
Oklahoma teacher pay ranks higher than many realize
Despite claims from state House Democratic Leader Cyndi Munson that Oklahoma ranks “last in the region for teacher pay,” data from the National Education Association and the Oklahoma State School Boards Association tell a different story.Ray Carter | July 16, 2025
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Education, Higher Education
Whistleblower: Teachers taught to use bogus reading methods at Oklahoma college
A reading specialist hired by Oklahoma Panhandle State University attempted to reform the university’s curriculum with scientifically supported phonics-based instruction. She laments that “new teachers are coming fresh out of college not knowing how to teach kids to read.”Ray Carter | July 11, 2025
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Education
If a child can’t read, the system has failed
It’s time for all state-funded universities to follow the lead of our legislators and the OSDE by fully abandoning debunked literacy programs and committing exclusively to phonics-based literacy reform.Matt Oberdick | June 26, 2025
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Education
A discredited reading-instruction method is (still) failing our kids
It’s time to hold professors and teachers accountable for continuing to use a discredited method.Byron Schlomach, Ph.D. | June 25, 2025
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Education
Two ways to address Oklahoma’s illiteracy crisis
Oklahoma policymakers must continue to press for reading reforms—while also empowering parents to choose schools that enthusiastically embrace the science of reading.Brandon Dutcher | June 24, 2025
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Education
Oklahoma ranked as a top 10 state in education choice
A new report ranks Oklahoma among the 10 best states in the nation for parental empowerment and educational choice.Ray Carter | June 23, 2025
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Education, Economy
Free markets require free minds—and that starts with reading
The free market depends on informed choices. But if kids can’t read, they can’t choose wisely. Illiteracy is more than an education issue—it’s an economic one.Curtis Shelton | June 20, 2025
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Education, Higher Education
OCPA urges regents to end discredited training for teachers
OCPA President Jonathan Small called on Oklahoma’s college regents to end the use or promotion of teacher-training programs that rely on the discredited “three-cueing” method, which teaches children to guess words based on associated pictures rather than sound them out phonetically.Staff | June 19, 2025
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Education, Higher Education
After outcry, OSU stops promoting discredited reading program
Oklahoma lawmakers have banned the use of the discredited “three-cueing” method of reading instruction in public schools. Yet OSU continues to tout a program that uses it.Ray Carter | June 18, 2025