Month: March 2013

Weekly Wonk: March 31, 2013

The Weekly Wonk is a summary of Oklahoma Policy Institute’s events, publications, blog posts, and coverage.  Numbers of the Day and Policy Notes are from our daily news briefing, In The Know.  Click here to subscribe to In The Know.… Read more [More...]

Upcoming Event: FOCU$ on Education Forum

The Oklahoma League of Women Voters is hosting “FOCU$ on Education!”, a panel discussion about the importance of funding public education in Oklahoma. Panelists include David Blatt from the Oklahoma Policy Institute; Sharon Rodine from the Oklahoma Institute for Child… Read more [More...]

A lose-lose situation: Oklahoma still wears health law blinders

Last summer, the United States Supreme Court in National Federation of Independent Business vs. Sebelius (NFIB) found the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) to be constitutional. The re-election of President Obama confirmed that the law would continue to… Read more [More...]

In The Know: House sends death penalty changes to governor

In The Know is a daily synopsis of Oklahoma policy-related news and blogs. Inclusion of a story does not necessarily mean endorsement by the Oklahoma Policy Institute. You can sign up here to receive In The Know by e-mail. Today… Read more [More...]

14.7 percent

Increase in the number of murders committed in Oklahoma from 2010 to 2011 Source: Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation… Read more [More...]

New report examines 30 years of education reform efforts in Oklahoma (Guest Post: Kathy McKean)

Kathy McKean is the director of the Oklahoma Technical Assistance Center, which provides evaluation and professional development to Oklahoma schools. The drive to improve education that began with the publication of A Nation at Risk in 1983 has continued for… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Oklahoma earthquake is largest linked to fracking wastewater wells

In The Know is a daily synopsis of Oklahoma policy-related news and blogs. Inclusion of a story does not necessarily mean endorsement by the Oklahoma Policy Institute. You can sign up here to receive In The Know by e-mail. Today… Read more [More...]

45,002

Low-income households without public housing/rental assistance who pay more than half their income each month in gross rent, 10 percent of Oklahoma’s renters in 2011 Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities… Read more [More...]

Educational Reform in Oklahoma since 1980

Download the full report Download the Executive Summary Changes in Oklahoma’s education system in recent years are just the latest in a long line of reforms going back decades. As we debate this latest batch of reforms, some important questions… Read more [More...]

Watch This: Michelle Alexander on ‘The New Jim Crow’

New York Times bestselling author and civil rights attorney Michelle Alexander spoke this year as the John W. Hager Distinguished Lecture in Law guest speaker at The University of Tulsa College of Law on March 6.   In this hour long… Read more [More...]