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Education
Lawmakers approve student rescue from ‘F’ schools
A Senate committee has voted to provide an escape hatch for students currently trapped in public schools that receive F grades on state report cards.Ray Carter | February 15, 2022
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Education
Lawmakers vote to protect teachers from lawsuits
Oklahoma government would pay for insurance policies that protect teachers from frivolous lawsuits under legislation that advanced from committee on a party-line vote.Ray Carter | February 15, 2022
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Education
Parent empowerment bill wins committee approval
Legislation that would empower parents to choose from a greater range of education options for their children has advanced from a state Senate committee.Ray Carter | February 15, 2022
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Education
Driving students away reaps benefit for public schools
Data released by the Oklahoma State School Boards Association indicates that Oklahoma public schools directly or indirectly reap as much as $534 million annually for students they don’t serve.Ray Carter | February 14, 2022
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Education
Putting Oklahoma parents in charge of education
Today in Oklahoma, parents fall into two camps. One camp has the financial resources to move to another school district or independently pay for private school if a local district isn’t working out for their child. The other camp must endure problems and hope things somehow improve because those families don’t have the finances to get their children out of a geographically assigned school.Jonathan Small | February 10, 2022
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Education, Law & Principles
Lawmakers seek answers for teacher exits
Reports of a teacher shortage in Oklahoma have long been blamed on pay levels, yet the shortage has persisted even after massive salary increases in recent years.Ray Carter | February 8, 2022
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Education
Stitt endorses educational-choice expansion
In his State of the State address, Gov. Kevin Stitt urged legislators to be bold and provide Oklahoma families with a significant expansion of school-choice opportunity, saying families should have the greatest voice in how their children are educated.Ray Carter | February 7, 2022
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Education, Culture & the Family
Child abuse, cover-up alleged at Bowring school
Two employees of the Bowring school district say students have been emotionally and even physically mistreated by staff at the Osage County K-8 school, leaving multiple students suicidal, and that nothing has been done by district leaders in response to protect children.Ray Carter | February 4, 2022
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Education
School choice makes homeschoolers and private schools more safe from government—not less
Homeschoolers and private schools must be vigilant whether a state has vouchers, empowerment accounts, or tax credits—or no school choice programs at all.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | February 1, 2022
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Education
‘Sick out’ at Putnam City schools?
Amidst increasing COVID cases, some Oklahoma schools have temporarily closed for in-person learning in recent weeks, citing insufficient staffing due to illness.Ray Carter | January 31, 2022