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Education, Culture & the Family
Ban on racist instruction sent to governor
Legislation banning the use of racist instruction in Oklahoma classrooms has won easy approval in the Oklahoma House of Representatives and been sent to Gov. Kevin Stitt.Ray Carter | April 29, 2021
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Education
Senate advances ban on critical race theory
Members of the Oklahoma Senate have overwhelmingly approved legislation that would prevent schools from mandating coursework based on Marxist-derived critical race theory.Ray Carter | April 22, 2021
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Education
Education groups attack lawmakers, school choice
A handful of education-related groups say schools are “under attack,” claiming legislators are working “to harm our public schools” and have left teachers unable to “support their families.”Ray Carter | April 22, 2021
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Education
OSSBA says girls should compete against transgender athletes
The Oklahoma State School Boards Association (OSSBA) has called on lawmakers to require female athletes to compete against male athletes who identify as transgender.Ray Carter | April 21, 2021
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Education, Culture & the Family
Oklahoma House approves transgender athlete bill
Members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives have overwhelmingly voted to restrict women’s athletic events to biological females, banning athletes who identify as transgender from competing against women in those events.Ray Carter | April 20, 2021
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Education, Culture & the Family
Oklahoma House votes to protect religious schools
Legislation that would prevent private religious schools from having to abandon their religious tenets if they participate in a state program for children with special needs has won passage in the Oklahoma House of Representatives.Ray Carter | April 19, 2021
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Education
If Oklahoma can’t reward success, don’t punish it
The State Board of Education has taken an important step towards improving educational outcomes.Jonathan Small | April 19, 2021
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Education
School choice as prophetic justice
A government monopoly that uses the power of the state to force parents to submit their children to an education they don’t think is best for them is the second-greatest offense to justice, short of actually killing or enslaving people.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | April 13, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education
A flood of federal dollars for education
The federal bailout is estimated to provide more than $1.7 billion to Oklahoma’s K-12 and higher education systems.Curtis Shelton | April 13, 2021
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Education
Teacher union dues-authorization measure advances
Legislation requiring schools to obtain annual reauthorization from employees before withholding union dues from their paychecks has passed out of committee.Ray Carter | April 8, 2021