Articles
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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
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Education
Norman schools: Equity means some groups get more
Norman public school personnel were informed that a focus on “equity” in education means some student groups must be given special treatment or advantages over others.Ray Carter | April 6, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education
Price tag for ‘fully funded’ schools: another $2.1 billion?
Democrats, teacher union officials and allied groups have staunchly opposed even minor education reforms this year, arguing that lawmakers should instead “fully fund” traditional public schools.Ray Carter | April 1, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education
‘Ghost student’ bill clears final hurdle, signed by governor
Legislation that would reduce payments to schools for students they do not teach won Senate approval and was quickly signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt.Ray Carter | March 31, 2021
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Education
Tulsa superintendent attacks Legislature over school funding
Gist made comments about state lawmakers during a press conference this week in which she attacked a legal settlement reached between the state and the Oklahoma Public Charter School Association.Ray Carter | March 30, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education
Many rural schools gain when ‘ghost students’ eliminated
A new Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA) analysis shows that more than half of schools, the majority of which are rural districts, would have received increased funding this year if their share of state appropriations was based on current-year student enrollment.Ray Carter & Curtis Shelton | March 30, 2021
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Education, Culture & the Family
Betsy DeVos to receive OCPA’s Citizenship Award
Former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos will be the recipient of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affair’s 2021 Citizenship Award.Staff | March 30, 2021
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Education
COVID masks touted amidst COVID plunge
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister recently touted an increase in mask supply for schools even as the actual number of COVID-19 cases has plunged in Oklahoma.Ray Carter | March 29, 2021
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Education
Oklahoma lawmakers shouldn’t fund ‘critical race theory’ training
What do Pepé Le Pew and a high-school student in Las Vegas have in common? Both are targets of adherents of Marxist-derived “critical race theory” and its offshoots.Jonathan Small | March 29, 2021