Articles
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Education
Teacher-pay system needs overhaul
If people are paid for tenure—length of service—rather than quality, what do you think is most likely? Will that system attract quality workers, or workers willing to simply hold down a spot?Jonathan Small | November 17, 2021
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Education
Oklahoma Teacher of the Year nominee touts transgender book
An Oklahoma Teacher of the Year nominee, Bristow Middle School teacher Lauren Vandever, has declared that it is important to be supportive of children exploring transgender transition.Ray Carter | November 11, 2021
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Education
School materials get parents’ attention
Oklahoma schools are providing students with sexually explicit materials and undermining parental rights in other ways, according to parents who have spoken out publicly at recent school board meetings.Ray Carter | November 10, 2021
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Education
Oklahoma Department of Education touts CRT
The Oklahoma State Department of Education’s website includes or directs teachers to materials that tout themes common to Critical Race Theory.Ray Carter | November 8, 2021
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Education, Law & Principles
Stitt: OKC decision to fire teachers is ‘preposterous’
Gov. Kevin Stitt said Oklahoma City Public Schools’ decision to fire six teachers for not complying with a legally suspect mask mandate is “preposterous” and harms students.Ray Carter | November 5, 2021
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Education
Education leaders denounce OKC firing of teachers over masks
Top state education officials denounced Oklahoma City school officials for firing six teachers who did not comply with the district’s legally questionable mask mandate, saying school district leaders harmed the educational opportunities of the children they are supposed to serve.Ray Carter | November 5, 2021
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Education
Academic outcomes vary in Oklahoma schools, but decline the norm
Newly released district-level data from this year’s state testing shows outcomes varied among Oklahoma school districts, but decline was the norm.Ray Carter | November 3, 2021
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Education
Oklahoma still segregates public schools
The most powerful tool for racial segregation the American government ever had was its school system—not just in the past, but today.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | November 2, 2021
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Education
Teacher shortage persists despite massive pay raises
In 2018, Oklahoma lawmakers approved hundreds of millions of dollars in tax increases, which officials said were necessary to significantly increase teacher pay and reduce the state’s teacher shortage. New figures from the Oklahoma State Department of Education show that approach did not achieve the promised results.Ray Carter | October 29, 2021
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Education
COVID learning deficits to last for years, experts warn
Learning loss from the COVID shutdown of public schools will take years to overcome and many students may leave Oklahoma’s K-12 system without ever catching up, experts told lawmakers during a study that examined how federal bailout funds may be used to address the problem.Ray Carter | October 29, 2021