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Education
What does the research show on school choice?
Greg Forster, Ph.D. | April 29, 2019
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Education
Program called life-changing answer to prayer
Parents and school officials say a tax credit program that encourages private donations to scholarship-granting organizations has been, literally, life-saving and an answer to prayer, and urged lawmakers to expand the program.Ray Carter | April 22, 2019
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Education
Scholarship critics notably silent on millions in tax credits
Opponents of the Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Act argue tax credits reduce available state funding for schools. But those same critics have been largely silent when it comes to a host of other tax-credit measures that involve at least $116 million in combined fiscal impact on state tax collections.Ray Carter | April 17, 2019
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Education
How much do unions spend on politics in Oklahoma?
Even in right-to-work states, public-sector unions can have a significant impact on how government operates. A new poll shows that 84.4% of voters support allowing teachers to vote on who represents them.Curtis Shelton | April 17, 2019
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Education
School administrators to lobby, play golf in OKC
A group of public-school administrators planning to visit Oklahoma City during school hours on April 24 appear poised to spend more time golfing than in direct meetings with lawmakers, even though the purported purpose of the trip is legislative outreach, based on an email from one of the group’s leaders.Ray Carter | April 15, 2019
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Education
Scholarship bill clears committee
Legislation expanding an education program that has helped children across Oklahoma passed out of the House Appropriations and Budget Committee late Wednesday.Ray Carter | April 11, 2019
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Education
Oklahoma teachers deserve liability insurance
Regardless of how the state of Oklahoma might structure the provision of liability insurance for teachers, it is a bargain. And it would help debunk the notion that teachers have to be constantly afraid of being sued just for doing their jobs. Teachers might just feel freer to do their jobs well.Byron Schlomach, Ph.D. | April 10, 2019
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Education
Teacher liability insurance measure clears House committee
Legislation providing state-funded liability insurance policies for teachers easily passed the House Insurance Committee on Tuesday.Ray Carter | April 9, 2019
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Education
Survey: Oklahoma voters support raising cap on scholarship program
With members of a state House committee expected to vote this week on legislation raising the cap on an existing tax-credit scholarship program, new polling shows strong public support for the proposal.Ray Carter | April 8, 2019
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Education
Survey: Oklahoma voters support providing liability insurance for teachers
As legislation creating an “Educators' Professional Liability Insurance Program” for teachers and other school employees winds its way through the Legislature, a new poll shows broad public support for the proposal.Ray Carter | April 5, 2019