Charter schools were envisioned as institutions of innovation where teachers could have freedom to test new ways of educating students. However, many contend that the vision was lost when charter school proponents started promoting them as competitors for traditional public schools. As of May 2019, more than 7,000 charter schools existed across 44 states and […]
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Factchecking Oklahoma: Is state ed funding up $2 billion?
To say that taxes are unpopular among Oklahoma conservatives is an understatement. If the past decade is any indication, Republicans here are willing to hold the line on this issue, even when it comes to educating the state’s children. Earlier this month, former Gov. Frank Keating and Larry Parman, former secretary of the commerce and […]
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A newly created coalition is drafting language for a state ballot initiative that would raise the state gross production tax to fund a teacher pay raise
Raise gross production tax and get a teacher pay raise? One coalition is moving forward with its proposal.
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Arts Council Oklahoma City and other community organizations work to revive art education in schools
“We were in crisis mode,” said Rhonda Taylor, OKCPS director of visual and performing arts.
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Letters to the Editor: Oct. 19, 2016
Warming to reality In dismissing global warming and environmental concerns as the imaginary theories of hysterics (Opinion, Letters to the Editor, “Chicken Little dunces,” Sept. 28, Oklahoma Gazette), Mickey McVay has summarized the perspectives of the fossil fuel industry and America’s Republican Party. The Republican Party platform extols coal, oil and gas production for energy […]
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State’s financial crisis puts OKCPS arts education in danger
“This budget crisis is proof that we need to bring everyone together to work on long-term solutions for public schools,” Hime said.