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Education
Governor requests full audit of education agency
Gov. Kevin Stitt has requested that the Oklahoma Auditor and Inspector’s Office conduct a full audit of the Oklahoma State Department of Education.Ray Carter | September 16, 2021
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Education
Hofmeister: Oklahoma schools failing black students
Officials have long known there are racial gaps in academic outcomes in public schools, but those differences have often been attributed to factors like income and special-needs status.Ray Carter | September 16, 2021
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Education
Holt mum on CRT in classrooms; Bynum opposed
Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt did not object to a recent resolution by the United States Conference of Mayors “in support of Critical Race Theory in Public K-12 Education."Mike Brake | September 14, 2021
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Education
Anti-CRT rules approved for schools—again
The Oklahoma State Board of Education voted Friday to approve agency regulations that allow enforcement of a new state law that bans the teaching of concepts associated with Marxist-derived Critical Race Theory.Ray Carter | September 10, 2021
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Education
School choice marches on
West Virginia's near-universal school choice program has shown that aiming for universal school choice is not a fool’s errand—it is achievable.Kaitlyn Finley | September 9, 2021
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Education
Hofmeister praised by Biden administration
Joy Hofmeister is being praised by a top official in the Biden administration for her opposition to an Oklahoma law that allows parents to determine if their children are masked while at school.Ray Carter | September 7, 2021
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Education, Culture & the Family
Edmond middle-school students asked for preferred pronouns
As part of the start-of-school process in Edmond Public Schools, some middle-school students were asked to provide their preferred pronouns with options including “they/them.”Ray Carter | September 2, 2021
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Education
To increase funding in Oklahoma’s public schools, give families a universal ESA
School choice actually puts more money into the budgets of public schools, and saves money for state budgets as well.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | September 1, 2021
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Education
Education agency botches anti-racism regulations
Due to bureaucratic incompetence, Oklahoma State Department of Education regulations that enforce a state ban on teaching concepts associated with Critical Race Theory in Oklahoma schools have been withdrawn.Ray Carter | August 26, 2021
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Education
Education benefit of Oklahoma’s early-childhood programs questioned
Although Oklahoma’s early childhood education spending increased by 52 percent from 2005 to 2017, Oklahoma fourth-grade NAEP scores remained relatively flat.Ray Carter | August 24, 2021