Articles
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Education
Oklahoma school money not flowing to kids with challenges
A member of the Tulsa school board says money meant for special-needs students isn’t always used for those students. It’s a problem state Sen. Adam Pugh tried to solve this year.Ray Carter | September 14, 2023
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Education
Western Heights parent worried by school’s response to child-abuse report
A parent in the Western Heights school district is concerned by school officials’ response to her report of alleged in-school abuse of her child by another student.Ray Carter | September 13, 2023
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Law & Principles
Experts warn against ranked-choice voting
Experts from across the nation, speaking at a legislative study in Oklahoma, warned state lawmakers against adopting ranked-choice voting.Ray Carter | September 12, 2023
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Education, Culture & the Family
Oklahoma school staff hired despite sex-crime allegations
Two Oklahoma school districts recently hired staff members—one of them a drag queen who reads to children—despite prior convictions or serious allegations of sex crimes involving children.Ray Carter | September 8, 2023
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Education
Supplemental school material causes online liberal meltdown
While California Gov. Gavin Newsom thinks Oklahoma’s partnership with PragerU is “disgusting,” one Oklahoma teacher says of PragerU content: “Kids were engaged & loved it!”Ray Carter | September 7, 2023
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Higher Education
Silencing is ‘prevalent’: OU fares poorly on free-speech ranking
OU ranks 134th overall in a new report on campus free speech. “Pretty much every day I have to suppress my thoughts on issues,” says one OU student. “Cancel culture and silencing are prevalent at OU.”Ray Carter | September 6, 2023
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Law & Principles
Oklahoma law schools silent after Supreme Court ruling
We asked the OU, OCU, and TU law schools what policy changes they have adopted regarding preferential treatment based on race, national origin, or sex. None of the three schools responded.Ray Carter | September 5, 2023
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Budget & Tax
Stitt calls for income-tax elimination
In recent weeks, in interviews with both local media and national outlets, Gov. Kevin Stitt has called for Oklahoma to gradually eliminate the personal income tax to turbocharge the state economy.Ray Carter | September 1, 2023
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Education
Lankford seeks action on Chinese Communist role in schools
U.S. Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma City, is among 18 members of the U.S. Senate calling for a nationwide audit to “determine how much funding from hostile foreign governments has flowed into America’s K-12 schools.”Ray Carter | August 31, 2023
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Education
Oklahoma’s first classical charter school opens
After more than three years of preparation and planning, Tulsa Classical Academy had its ribbon-cutting ceremony Aug. 25, making it the first classical public charter school in Oklahoma.Ray Carter | August 25, 2023