by Byron Schlomach | Dec 27, 2021 | Blog
Throughout decades of advocacy for school choice, a major impediment has been rural legislators. Republicans and Democrats alike, they are led to believe by the superintendents of rural school districts that school choice will financially destroy, or otherwise somehow...
by Brad Galbraith | Dec 13, 2021 | Blog
Reflecting on one semester in Oklahoma’s traditional public school system, with two kids in the same grade but different teachers, I can definitively say it’s been a mixed bag. Our experience has been tolerable for one child and completely unacceptable for the other....
by Mike Davis | May 17, 2021 | Blog
What would a grand jury know about school funding? What an odd question. One might as well ask what an elephant knows about landing on the moon. The two have nothing to do with each other. Unfortunately, the question is far more relevant than it ought to be. Earlier...
by Brad Galbraith | Sep 28, 2020 | Blog
The 1889 Institute has repeatedly expounded on the merits of educational choice. School choice lies at the heart of providing individual children with a high-quality education, and Oklahoma could use more of it. With the myriad of programs that have proven successful...
by Mike Davis | Mar 31, 2020 | Blog
“We have the cure. We know it works. You’ve used it before. But you’re not allowed to use it now.” Imagine if your government – federal, state, or local – said those words to you regarding the corona virus. You would be justifiably outraged. If you could...
