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Education
Study: School choice doesn’t harm rural schools
A new study shows that as school-choice programs increase education options in rural areas, they are not associated with the closure of existing public schools in rural counties.Ray Carter | January 25, 2023
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Education
Walters promises nation’s ‘most comprehensive’ reading plan
Newly elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters promised lawmakers his administration will soon unveil “the most comprehensive reading plan in the country” to reverse the significant decline in student literacy that occurred under his Democratic predecessor, Joy Hofmeister.Ray Carter | January 24, 2023
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Education, Culture & the Family
To oppose school choice, Democrats attack religious freedom
To combat the growing public demand for robust school choice in Oklahoma, Democratic lawmakers have filed bills that would infringe on Oklahomans’ First Amendment rights and impose regulations to make private schools less effective.Ray Carter | January 24, 2023
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Education, Culture & the Family
Piedmont father says son expelled for opposing transgender bathrooms
A father of six said Piedmont school officials expelled his son from school, and imposed other punishments, because the youth expressed opposition to a proposed federal law that would require schools to grant bathroom access based on individuals’ self-proclaimed gender identity rather than sex.Ray Carter | January 20, 2023
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Education
Major school-choice bills filed in Oklahoma
Oklahoma families across the state could use taxpayer funds to pay for private-school tuition under legislation filed in the state Senate. The bills, if passed, would provide the largest expansion of school-choice opportunity in state history.Ray Carter | January 19, 2023
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Education
Senate leaders call for reading focus, graduation standards
Education leaders in the Oklahoma Senate have unveiled a wide-ranging agenda that includes greater focus on childhood literacy and raising Oklahoma’s graduation standards to meet national norms.Ray Carter | January 18, 2023
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Education, Law & Principles
Activists attack Stitt nominee … for defending teacher?
An activist group is apparently opposing one of Gov. Kevin Stitt’s new State Board of Education appointees because she defended a public-school teacher who reported a violation of a state law banning racist staff trainings.Ray Carter | January 12, 2023
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Higher Education, Culture & the Family
OSU accused of violating students’ constitutional rights
Oklahoma State University has been sued by a civil-rights organization alleging the college has violated the constitutional rights of its students.Ray Carter | January 11, 2023
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Education
New faces on State Board of Education
New faces will fill the majority of seats on the State Board of Education at its next meeting. Gov. Kevin Stitt has announced new appointees for four seats along with two holdovers from his first term.Ray Carter | January 11, 2023
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Culture & the Family
Oklahoma lawmakers seek to end sex-change operations on youth
Under newly filed legislation, it could soon be illegal in Oklahoma to surgically remove or alter an individual’s healthy body parts as part of treatment for transgender-identifying youth and young adults.Ray Carter | January 10, 2023