Articles
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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
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Education, Economy
K-12 failures create economic headwinds for Oklahoma
The failures of Oklahoma’s K-12 public-school system are a significant negative factor holding back economic growth and job creation in the state, based on data presented to lawmakers during a study conducted this week.Ray Carter | August 31, 2022
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Economy
Corporate welfare efforts ignore true growth areas?
In recent years, Oklahoma lawmakers have offered millions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies to “green” energy businesses. But the associated job creation has been anemic and those corporate-welfare efforts overlook, or even undermine, existing businesses that are already producing high-paying jobs across Oklahoma, according to one state business leader.Ray Carter | August 30, 2022
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Budget & Tax, Education
Oklahoma schools’ federal spending highlighted at meeting
Oklahoma schools are flush with federal cash, including COVID-bailout money, with only limited spending restrictions. Some reported uses have little obvious connection to COVID, as experts warn improper spending could create financial challenges for schools within two years.Ray Carter | August 29, 2022
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Education, Law & Principles
School bathroom regs adopted; Hofmeister voices concern
Members of the State Board of Education voted to approve emergency regulations that restrict school bathrooms to members of one sex, although State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister addressed transgender concerns even as she voted in favor of the new regulations.Ray Carter | August 25, 2022
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Education
Critical Race Theory in calculus, anatomy classes at Mustang?
Mustang officials begged the board to reconsider their accreditation decision, saying teachers in a wide range of classes at the district have indicated they believe they may violate the law.Ray Carter | August 25, 2022
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Education
School-choice supporters prevail in runoff
School-choice supporters continued to prevail in the Aug. 23 runoff elections with the most-high profile victory occurring in the race for the Republican nomination for state superintendent of public instruction.Ray Carter | August 24, 2022