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 Mike Davis | Oct 14, 2021 | Blog
Several months ago, we criticized the multicounty grand jury for wading into public policy rather than sticking to its mission: determining if there are grounds to prosecute someone for a crime. The multicounty grand jury, empaneled in March of 2020, produced a...
by Tyler Williamson | Sep 15, 2021 | Blog
“Except for different salary levels based on years of classroom experience, unions insist on equal pay for every teacher in a district, regardless of productivity, professionalism, subject taught, and expertise. This is less respect than one would give a dog as it...
by Tyler Williamson | Jul 19, 2021 | Blog
Last Monday the State Board of Education voted unanimously to amend the conditions of accreditation for the Western Heights school district, effectively taking over the district, substituting state control for local control. For the next year, every action taken by...
by Byron Schlomach | Jun 14, 2021 | Blog
It probably comes as no surprise to many that the Jenks public school district would be named the best school district in the State of Oklahoma. Not only has this happened before, the district is in a fairly well-to-do community, it has nice facilities, it’s...
