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 Luke Tucker | Jul 14, 2021 | Blog
On Monday Oklahoma’s State Board of Education approved rules to implement HB 1775, a bill that bans critical race theory from public schools. The announcement renewed debate about CRT and whether it belongs in public school curricula. A fresh batch of op-eds in the...
by Mike Davis | Jun 21, 2021 | Blog
Read all the directions. Teachers used to say this before every test. Read all the directions. Following them was implied. Those who went directly to the first question often made mistakes. Sometimes extra credit was hidden in the directions. Unfortunately, Oklahoma...
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...
by Brad Galbraith | Jun 9, 2021 | Blog
Over the years, I’ve listened to numerous interest groups and cabinet officials pitch various public policy ideas. While discussing how the proposal would resolve some issue of state-wide concern, proponents often included the caveat, “It’s not a silver bullet.” Very...
