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Education
Expert says CRT designed to undermine American values
A leading national expert on Critical Theory and its offshoot, Critical Race Theory, said it is designed to undermine American values by ignoring the reality of progress and assuming the worst about people.Ray Carter | September 28, 2021
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Education
Left-wing student activism touted for Oklahoma civics?
Oklahoma should incorporate “project-based civics” into public-school courses, according to the state leader of a national organization whose efforts have been criticized for injecting left-wing activism into classrooms under the guise of civics education.Ray Carter | September 25, 2021
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Education
Hofmeister suggests officials ignore state testing results
OSDE officials indicated that the state will not be able to analyze student test results for at least three more years—and that’s only if the agency is allowed to spend $35 million on a new data system.Ray Carter | September 20, 2021
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Education
Governor requests full audit of education agency
Gov. Kevin Stitt has requested that the Oklahoma Auditor and Inspector’s Office conduct a full audit of the Oklahoma State Department of Education.Ray Carter | September 16, 2021
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Education
Hofmeister: Oklahoma schools failing black students
Officials have long known there are racial gaps in academic outcomes in public schools, but those differences have often been attributed to factors like income and special-needs status.Ray Carter | September 16, 2021
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Education
Holt mum on CRT in classrooms; Bynum opposed
Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt did not object to a recent resolution by the United States Conference of Mayors “in support of Critical Race Theory in Public K-12 Education."Mike Brake | September 14, 2021
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Education
Anti-CRT rules approved for schools—again
The Oklahoma State Board of Education voted Friday to approve agency regulations that allow enforcement of a new state law that bans the teaching of concepts associated with Marxist-derived Critical Race Theory.Ray Carter | September 10, 2021
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Education
School choice marches on
West Virginia's near-universal school choice program has shown that aiming for universal school choice is not a fool’s errand—it is achievable.Kaitlyn Finley | September 9, 2021
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Education
Hofmeister praised by Biden administration
Joy Hofmeister is being praised by a top official in the Biden administration for her opposition to an Oklahoma law that allows parents to determine if their children are masked while at school.Ray Carter | September 7, 2021
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Education, Culture & the Family
Edmond middle-school students asked for preferred pronouns
As part of the start-of-school process in Edmond Public Schools, some middle-school students were asked to provide their preferred pronouns with options including “they/them.”Ray Carter | September 2, 2021