Articles
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Education
AG Hunter’s school-choice defense draws national praise
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter has been honored by his peers for his office’s defense of school-choice programs that empower parents.Ray Carter | September 16, 2020
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Education, Health Care
Teachers union, parents, in opposition
As parents across Oklahoma call for local schools to reopen and provide in-person instruction, one of the most vocal opponents they face is the Oklahoma Education Association (OEA), the state affiliate of the National Education Association.Ray Carter | September 11, 2020
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Budget & Tax, Education
Parental demand may change school-choice landscape
Schools that are currently refusing to provide in-person instruction are drawing fierce backlash from parents across Oklahoma. One legislative leader on education issues says that parental activism may be changing the political landscape for school-choice issues.Ray Carter | September 10, 2020
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Education
Facing parent pushback, Owasso district announces reopening
With its school-board members facing a voter-recall effort, officials at Owasso Public Schools announced Friday that the school will reopen for in-person instruction on September 17.Ray Carter | September 4, 2020
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Education
Owasso school board’s actions prompt recall effort
Earlier this year in Owasso, school officials celebrated when the support of about 1,000 voters allowed the issuance of $11 million in bonds. But when it comes to reopening the district for in-person instruction, critics say the wishes of a far larger group of parents are being ignored.Ray Carter | September 3, 2020
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Education
Norman teachers’ kids get in-school classes during shutdown
Even as other parents struggle to both work and ensure their children are cared for during an “online only” school day, the children of teachers in the Norman school district will be educated in the physical classroom.Ray Carter | September 3, 2020
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Education
Choice is what parents need in the era of COVID
As long as the monopoly remains a monopoly, it can’t accommodate high-pressure differences on binary questions.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | September 2, 2020
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Education
School choice highlighted at RNC
At the recently concluded Republican National Convention, numerous speakers stressed the importance of school choice. The topic was mentioned every day of the convention, by multiple speakers.Staff | August 31, 2020
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Education, Culture & the Family
Why don’t schools mandate masks? No COVID
Thirty-five percent of OK schools do not mandate mask-wearing. Why not? Because there is little or no COVID-19 in many of those communities, most are small districts able to socially distance students, and the absence of a mandate does not mean the absence of masks.Ray Carter | August 31, 2020
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Education
Oklahoma government funds controversial sex-ed curriculum
Many “age-appropriate” and “abstinence-based” sexual education courses in public schools are far more graphic than parents realize, and often stretch the meaning of the word “abstinence” to include a wide range of sexual activity, according to experts.Ray Carter | August 28, 2020