Oklahoma’s medical cannabis program requires the testing of products before they hit dispensary shelves, but with a loose regulatory framework, patients still cannot be sure that the products that they are consuming are actually what is represented by provided results. In fact, one of the state’s most prominent cannabis laboratories chose to surrender its license […]
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Moon Mix case reveals holes in cannabis testing system
Two years since licensed Oklahoma patients could legally purchase cannabis in the state, there are still gaping holes in the testing system, but those holes may finally be getting stitched up soon. An industry that was erected nearly overnight has only had one legislative session that has had an impact on its operations after former […]
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State leaders see low education assessment scores as a starting point for the state to close the achievement gap
State leaders see low education assessment scores as a starting point for the state to close the achievement gap.
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Chicken-Fried News: Test fail
The State Department of Education has thrown out writing tests for the second year in a row.
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Chicken-Fried News: Teaching responsibility
A report shows that Oklahoma City’s future economy is in trouble if education doesn’t improve.
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District hopes free test opens college doors
The OKC school district offers free PSAT tests to sophomores and juniors to encourage college options for more low-income students.
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Enterprise schools work best
All three types of choice schools have excellent records that are virtually indistinguishable. Our application-only school market is oversaturated, however, and we must think anew. OKC’s Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) Reach College Preparatory, for instance, does great work, but its potential is maxed out. It still serves about half of the students as the […]
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In reform, real focus on needs on students
Oklahoma’s education debate spends a lot of time on a few familiar subjects: education funding vs. tax cuts, vouchers and charters vs. traditional public schools and high-stakes testing vs. letting teachers teach. What’s too often missing from these debates is any consideration of the needs of real students. We’ve lost sight of the reasons kids […]
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Common controversy
If things go as planned, Common Core could reorganize curriculum, change old-school teaching styles, add more weight to literacy and redefine standardized testing. In one year, it’s supposed to be fully implemented in all Oklahoma schools, and the Oklahoma State Department of Education (SDE) just started looking for new tests. It has been a loaded […]
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Taking tests to task
Just like workplace drug testing, if it really affects work performance, do you really need a drug test? Won’t you see its effect? Those who do cocaine, meth, etc. and time it right, you’ll never catch those people — do it Friday and Saturday, and it’s out of your system by Monday. And a $20 […]