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Education
New research finds school-choice students outperform peers
New research from Wisconsin and Arkansas provides fresh evidence that students using school-choice programs can achieve stronger academic outcomes than comparable students in traditional public schools.Ray Carter | August 10, 2026
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Education
Researchers find reading retention threat boosts learning
A new study from the Annenberg Institute at Brown University provides fresh evidence supporting Oklahoma’s renewed third-grade reading reforms, finding that Ohio’s similar reading law produced significant and lasting academic gains that extended into middle school.Ray Carter | August 4, 2026
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Education
Socialists claim key role in 2018 Oklahoma teacher walkout
A Democratic Socialists of America publication credits socialist teachers with helping inspire the 2018 Oklahoma teacher walkout, while prominent figures in the Oklahoma protests openly embraced socialism or coordinated with socialist organizations.Ray Carter | August 3, 2026
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Education
As socialist strategy focuses on schools, Oklahoma’s low-turnout elections could boost their agenda
Documents distributed by the Democratic Socialists of America encourage socialists to become teachers, build influence within teachers' unions, and run for local school boards.Ray Carter | July 30, 2026
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Education, Culture & the Family
Oklahoma officials join Supreme Court fight over religious liberty and school choice
Oklahoma officials have joined members of Congress and attorneys general from across the country in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to protect the rights of religious schools in a case challenging Colorado's exclusion of Catholic preschools from a state-funded universal preschool program.Ray Carter | July 21, 2026
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Education
Deadline change may have impacted Oklahoma school-choice families
Enrollment in Oklahoma's Parental Choice Tax Credit program continues to grow, with more than 40,000 students approved for the 2026–2027 school year. Most tax-credit recipients continue to come from low- and middle-income households.Ray Carter | June 25, 2026
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Education
School-choice backers cruise to victory in Oklahoma primaries
Candidates and incumbents who supported school-choice policies scored victories across Oklahoma in the June 16 primary elections, including lawmakers who backed expansion of the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit program.Ray Carter | June 18, 2026
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Education
Oklahoma Blaine amendment debate highlights contested history of religious liberty and education
Is Oklahoma's constitutional prohibition on public funding of religious institutions a "Blaine amendment" rooted in the anti-Catholic politics of the late nineteenth century?Ray Carter | June 3, 2026
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Education
New players reshape education policy as Oklahoma teacher unions rank 50th nationally
A new report finds that teacher unions are no longer the dominant force in education policy debates they once were, as school-choice advocates, reform groups, and others have gained influence nationwide. The study ranks Oklahoma's teacher unions among the weakest in the country—ahead of only Arkansas.Ray Carter | June 3, 2026
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Education
Lawmakers put Oklahoma’s educational future on a better path
This year’s legislative session could mark a turning point for a public school system that has long ranked among the nation’s lowest performers.Jonathan Small | June 1, 2026