They seem to be certain that history could not possibly repeat itself with them in the cockpit and political parties acting like control towers.
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Ward 1 candidates prepare for Feb. 14’s Oklahoma City Council election
Jonathan Clour, Chris Gordon and incumbent James Greiner are vying for the council seat.
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State superintendent holds town hall meeting to address new education standards
Each state will approve Every Student Succeeds Act requirements and send them to the United States Department of Education.
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School values don’t fit into a single score
Scholars at the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University, in Oklahoma School Grades: Hiding “Poor” Achievement, anticipated the mess. They concluded, “a primary assumption of the A-F accountability system, that student test scores can be dissected and manipulated into valid indicators of school performance, is simply false.” The bubbling-in of three questions out of […]
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A secretive government
That’s because, she contends, they won’t give candid opinions if what they say — or at least what they put in writing — can become public through an open records request. “We want it as open and transparent as humanly possible without being disruptive to people being able to candidly and openly express their opinion […]
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Shining light on the legislative process
With the legislative session over, it’s a good time to think about ways to make the next one better. Specifically, I’m concerned with making the legislative process more transparent. Much has improved over the five years since I’ve been covering the state Capitol, but much more can — and should — be done. For starters, […]