Articles
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Education, Culture & the Family
Tulsa sex ed instructs students on pansexual ID
A glimpse at how sex education is handled in some Oklahoma schools today and how that material may differ significantly from the basic biology-focused lessons provided to prior generations.Ray Carter | September 13, 2022
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Education, Economy
A closer look at the teacher shortage
While there may be unfilled positions in certain school districts, that does not make the hiring problem unique to public schools.Curtis Shelton | September 12, 2022
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Culture & the Family
State officials focus on crisis pregnancies post-Roe
A newly created state task force will begin work next week on policy recommendations regarding how to support Oklahoma women facing unplanned pregnancies.Ray Carter | September 9, 2022
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Education
Principles that are worth conserving
Today, a top conservative priority is any education reform that gives more power to families, often by allowing education funding to follow the student. Here again, reforms would create a more level playing field, more accountability, and ultimately a better future for all Oklahomans.Jonathan Small | September 9, 2022
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Education, Law & Principles
Transgender bathroom issue extends beyond urban core
Recent controversies regarding the transgender bathroom policies in public schools are not isolated to urban districts or schools in university towns but are cropping up far from Oklahoma’s urban core.Ray Carter | September 8, 2022
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Education
Parental choice solves a multitude of problems
Most of us would not voluntarily send our children to a school if told in advance that less than two out of three students—or even just one out of four—will succeed academically. To change those statistics and make Oklahoma schools the best in the nation requires putting the customers and taxpayers—parents—in charge.Jonathan Small | September 7, 2022
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Education
Oklahoma’s poor academic outcomes not a product of poverty
Data presented to state legislators indicates that most Oklahoma students who are not proficient in core subjects do not fall into the category of poverty or associated rise in single-parent households.Ray Carter | September 7, 2022
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Education
Tulsa charter school to be countercultural—by touting Western Civ
Nathan Phelps leads the charge to launch Oklahoma’s first classical charter school.Ray Carter | September 6, 2022
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Education
School choice benefiting teachers
School-choice programs that allow tax funding to follow a child empower families and benefit students.Ray Carter | September 6, 2022
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Education
Oklahoma not an outlier on teacher shortage
Reports of a teacher shortage in Oklahoma have often intimated the problem is one largely driven by Oklahoma-specific factors.Ray Carter | August 31, 2022