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Education
Oklahoma learning loss worse than surrounding states
Fewer than 1 in 4 Oklahoma students performed at grade level or better in English. The share performing at grade level was even lower in math.Ray Carter | October 12, 2021
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Oklahoma parents: School-board criticism is not ‘terrorism’
Oklahoma parents are pushing back against the National School Boards Association’s call for federal officials to investigate protesters at school-board meetings under anti-terrorism law.Ray Carter | October 11, 2021
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Education
Grand jury finds no legal wrongdoing at Epic
Despite several years of allegations and a critical state audit, members of the Eighteenth Oklahoma Multicounty Grand Jury have found no wrongdoing that warranted indictment of any officials involved with Epic Charter Schools, an online public school.Ray Carter | October 5, 2021
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Education
School board group labels CRT critics as terrorists; Oklahoma lawmakers respond
In response, Oklahoma lawmakers have called on the Oklahoma State School Boards Association, whose top executive has ties to the National School Boards Association, to denounce the NSBA’s effort.Ray Carter | October 1, 2021
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Education
Is your school violating HB 1775? Here’s how to file a complaint
If you witness or obtain information that a school district allegedly violated the law or the new rule, you may file a complaint that will initiate an investigation of the alleged incident or multiple incidents. Anyone can file a complaint.Staff | October 1, 2021
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Oklahoma student achievement plummets amidst school shutdowns
Academic achievement in Oklahoma public schools plunged during the COVID shutdowns that began in spring 2020 and continued in many districts throughout much of the following school year.Ray Carter | September 30, 2021
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Education
Parental rights laws need teeth, advocates warn
While Oklahoma law provides parents with significant rights in education, parents and advocates told lawmakers that schools can ignore the law because it does not impose significant penalties for noncompliance.Ray Carter | September 29, 2021
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Education
Seize the moment to give families a universal ESA in 2022
The excuse that we can’t do the right thing because it’s too politically difficult, while never especially savory, has now become positively untenable.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | September 29, 2021
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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