By:
David Blatt
October 25, 2010 // Updated: May 2, 2019
John Thompson is an Oklahoma City teacher with 18 years of urban high school experience and an education blogger at thisweekineducation.com. He contributes regularly to our blog on education issues.
The Oklahoma City Public Schools has launched a campaign to…
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By:
David Blatt
October 22, 2010 // Updated: October 17, 2012
So many people have told us in recent months how much they love our work on the state’s budget situation, state questions, asset building, and other issues. We truly appreciate all the kinds words – but ask that if you…
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The 2010 Financial Education in Oklahoma conference will focus on the challenges of providing financial education to populations of diverse ethnicity, age and gender at a time of growing financial pressures. The conference, hosted by the Oklahoma City branch of…
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By:
David Blatt
October 20, 2010 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Say that you’re a lower-income working-class family and the house you’re living in is falling into disrepair. There are cracks in some of the walls, parts of the backyard fence have fallen in, and you know that pretty soon you’re…
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By:
David Blatt
October 18, 2010 // Updated: May 2, 2019
It is widely accepted that ownership of assets – a home, savings accounts, stocks and investments, a business – is a cornerstone of family financial security. Assets provide a cushion against temporary setbacks and allow for an investment in greater…
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By:
David Blatt
October 14, 2010 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Remember Mikey from those old cereal commercials? He was the picky eater whose siblings foisted a bowl of Life cereal in front of him saying, “It’s supposed to be good for you. But he won’t eat it. He hates everything”.…
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By:
David Blatt
October 12, 2010 // Updated: May 1, 2019
The latest revenue collections announced today (PDF) by Treasurer Scott Meacham continue to confirm that while revenues are recovering from their precipitous drop during the worst of the downturn, the recovery is slow and far from complete.
September’s General Revenue…
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By:
David Blatt
October 11, 2010 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Amy Santee, the author of this guest blog, is Senior Program Officer with George Kaiser Family Foundation in Tulsa.
In my last blog post, I posed the following question: “Is it not better public policy to provide these (incarcerated) women…
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By:
David Blatt
October 7, 2010 // Updated: May 1, 2019
This week OK Policy distributed a 4-page memo on the state budget to all candidates for state offices, which we have now released to a broader audience. The memo is intended to offer policymakers a clearer understanding of the budget…
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By:
David Blatt
October 6, 2010 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This is the fifth in an ongoing series of posts examining the new federal health care reform law. Our previous posts have explored the “cliff effect”; the impact on state budgets; the Temporary High Risk Pool; and tax credits for…
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