Articles
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Education
Massive education spending is declared not enough
With this year’s budget agreement, state appropriations to public schools will have increased from $2.4 billion in 2018 to $3.2 billion by 2022.Ray Carter | May 19, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education
School choice clears Senate hurdle
A significant school-choice measure has won overwhelming approval from the Oklahoma Senate and is now one vote away from Gov. Kevin Stitt’s desk.Ray Carter | May 18, 2021
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Education, Culture & the Family
Tulsa students may see little benefit from open-transfer law
Students in Tulsa Public Schools had virtually no in-person instruction for nearly a year. Lawmakers eased the open-transfer process partly to help those students. But exemptions in the transfer law mean Tulsa students may still have few options. Of 11 districts that share a border with Tulsa Public Schools, just four may be required to even consider transfers from Tulsa Public Schools.Ray Carter | May 17, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education
School-choice measure clears budget committees
Legislation to significantly increase the size of a state school-choice program that helps children attend private schools has easily advanced from budget committees in both the House and Senate.Ray Carter | May 17, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education
Budget plan includes tax cuts, school choice, and savings
Gov. Kevin Stitt and legislative leaders have announced a state budget agreement that cuts taxes for all Oklahomans, increases school-choice opportunities for families, and leaves state government with more than $1 billion in savings.Ray Carter | May 13, 2021
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Education
OKCPS board member decries ‘racism on this board’
According to Oklahoma City School Board member Ruth Veales, the members of the Oklahoma City school board are themselves racist—and have been for years.Ray Carter | May 13, 2021
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Education
School choice offers escape from critical-race-theory harm
Expansion or creation of new school-choice programs, including Education Savings Accounts (ESAs), could help negate the issue of critical race theory.Ray Carter | May 13, 2021
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Education, Culture & the Family
Stitt signs ban on racist teaching
Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed a bill that prohibits public schools from teaching children that “one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex.”Ray Carter | May 7, 2021
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Education
Echoes of racist past now heard in modern classrooms
While many thought lessons of racism were a thing of the past, critics say “critical race theory” has revived them in modified form.Ray Carter | May 5, 2021
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Education
Oklahoma PTA seeks veto of bill targeting critical race theory
The Oklahoma PTA (parent-teacher association) is urging Gov. Kevin Stitt to veto legislation that would make it illegal for schools to teach children that “one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex.”Ray Carter | May 4, 2021