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In The Know: A-F school grades changed multiple times since release

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...]

Pension Resources

Blog Posts and Fact Sheets OK Policy Blog Post: Moving new employees into 401(k)s would endanger existing pensions, increase costs to taxpayers (February 2014) OK Policy Blog Post: The pension crisis is over (Oct. 2013) Fact Sheet: Oklahoma Teachers Retirement… Read more [More...]

OK Policy announces inaugural class of Research Fellows

Oklahoma Policy Institute is very pleased to announce the selection of five Oklahoma graduate students as the first class of OK Policy Research Fellows. The 2013-14 Research Fellows are:… Read more [More...]

Action Items for Oklahoma: Education

Oklahoma’s students show up at school bringing diverse skills and backgrounds. Some have supportive parents who read to them every night; others are still learning English. Some are provided with the best tutors; others don’t have enough to eat at home. Oklahoma has a duty to teach all of these children. This report recommends action items for Oklahoma to better fulfill that duty... Read more. [More...]

In The Know: Finance secretary warns of possible ‘flat budgets’ amid revenue decline

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...]

Upcoming Events: Scholars Strategy Network sponors local development forum and writing workshop

The Oklahoma chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network is excited to be co-sponsoring two upcoming events. On Wednesday, November 13th, Oklahoma SSN and the OU Economics Club will host a public forum, “Nurturing Local Economic Growth: What can we learn… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Teachers Retirement System director fired for granting unapproved severance packages

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...]

Weekly Wonk October 13, 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...]

The pension crisis is over

Oklahoma’s seven public pension systems  have a combined unfunded liability of $11.6 billion as of June 30, 2012. This large  number alone is often put forward to make the case for doing away with traditional defined benefit pensions for state… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Shutdown affecting food banks, small businesses in the state

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...]

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