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Education
Activists concede some schools bank on ‘ghost student’ funds
A new campaign concedes that some Oklahoma school districts’ budgets are substantially based on payments for “ghost students” who do not exist in those districts.Ray Carter | March 22, 2021
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Education
Prioritizing free speech for teachers
How important is the right of free speech to you? To some, but fortunately not all, lawmakers, it’s not even worth a piece of paper and an email.Jonathan Small | March 19, 2021
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Education
Report shows open transfer alone not enough
This year both chambers of the Oklahoma Legislature have approved bills that would ease the “open transfer” process.Ray Carter | March 18, 2021
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Education
Lawmakers reinforce ‘politician’ stereotypes
School shutdowns over the past year have prompted parents across the state to become involved in the political process to improve their children’s education system.Ray Carter | March 17, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education
OK House: Yes on half-billion in tax credits; no school choice
House lawmakers voted to issue more than a half-billion in new tax credits and deductions with 66 percent going to the state’s largest corporations--but they sidelined a far smaller tax credit that would have benefitted low-income children by increasing school-choice opportunitiesRay Carter | March 11, 2021
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Education
Senate votes to move school board elections to November
Members of the state Senate have voted to shift many Oklahoma school-board elections to November in a move supporters say will increase voter participation and candidate filings.Ray Carter | March 11, 2021
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Education
Tulsa schools accused of mistreating special-needs child
A father says Tulsa school officials have ignored his son’s medical diagnoses and contributed to the child’s mental deterioration.Ray Carter | March 10, 2021
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Education
Tulsa superintendent bashes critics
Tulsa Superintendent recently slammed area citizens who have raised conflict-of-interest concerns about Gist and some members of the Tulsa Public Schools (TPS) Board of Education.Ray Carter | March 9, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Education
Educators voice support for school-choice bill
Legislation expanding an existing tax-credit program to encourage more donations to public schools and scholarship-granting organizations is drawing opposition from establishment “education” groups. But the bill is quietly receiving support from many Oklahomans who work on the front lines in schools who have seen the real-world challenges facing children and those who serve them.Ray Carter | March 9, 2021
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Education
Conflicts of interest alleged in Tulsa schools
Top officials in the Tulsa Public Schools system have been accused of conflicts of interest and financial self-dealing by local citizens who have filed formal grievances with the district.Ray Carter | March 8, 2021