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Whose Job Is It Anyway? Parents Versus Bureaucrats in Educating Kids

Whose Job Is It Anyway? Parents Versus Bureaucrats in Educating Kids

by Tyler Williamson | Feb 15, 2021 | Blog

One of the major principles of the school choice movement is the idea that parents should be empowered to choose where and how their children are educated. This seems like a fairly simple idea: parents are responsible for their children and should direct their...
Whose Job Is It Anyway? Parents Versus Bureaucrats in Educating Kids

Stress of School District Funding During Covid-19 Made Worse by Bad Policy

by Tyler Williamson | Jan 25, 2021 | Blog

If a business loses hundreds of customers to a competitor, are they justified in thinking they will retain the same level of profit? Of course not, that’s absurd. However, Oklahoma school district administrators appear to think so. A recent article in the Oklahoman...
Whose Job Is It Anyway? Parents Versus Bureaucrats in Educating Kids

Abuse of Office: Cindy Byrd Demonstrates She Doesn’t Understand Charter Schools

by Byron Schlomach | Oct 7, 2020 | Blog

A principle I have learned over the years is that when accusations mainly founded in suspicions are made, the accusers are very often guilty of the very perfidy that they allege. Of this, I have no doubt when it comes to the accusations against Epic Charter Schools, a...
Whose Job Is It Anyway? Parents Versus Bureaucrats in Educating Kids

Praise and Criticism of Governor Stitt’s Plan for Reopening Schools

by Byron Schlomach | Aug 3, 2020 | Blog

Governor Stitt recently held a press conference to announce his plans for opening Oklahoma’s schools in the face of fear and loathing by many regarding Covid-19. There is a great deal of paranoia surrounding this disease, which the 1889 Institute has attempted to...
Whose Job Is It Anyway? Parents Versus Bureaucrats in Educating Kids

One More Suburban Draw: A Black Lives Matter Chapter in Every Oklahoma City School

by Byron Schlomach | Jul 8, 2020 | Blog

“You don’t want to live in the Oklahoma City school district.” That was the universal advice I got from everyone I talked to in Oklahoma when I moved from Phoenix with my wife and son, who had a couple of years of high school left to complete. The clear and simple...
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