By:
David Blatt
February 28, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
John Thompson is a former Oklahoma historian and inner city teacher who is now an education writer focusing on inner city schools.
When Oklahoma’s No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver was granted, local news celebrated a new era of “freedom…
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By:
David Blatt
February 22, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
After three straight years of budget cuts, funding for public education in Oklahoma is in dire straits. This year’s appropriation to the Department of Education is $254 million, or 10.0 percent, less than it was in 2009. In the past…
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By:
Kate Richey
February 2, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
At a time when seemingly endless budget cuts are squeezing our public schools to the breaking point, the Coalition for Community Schools continues to advance a rich and comprehensive approach to education. Their vision is one in which schools are…
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By:
Gene Perry
January 9, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Photo by flickr user pamhule used under a Creative Commons license.
[UPDATE: A previous version of the debt-to-degree chart misidentified Northwestern Oklahoma State University as a community college when it is a four-year university. The corrected chart reflects that NWOSU…
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By:
David Blatt
January 6, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Paul Shinn is public policy analyst for Community Action Project of Tulsa County, which offers early learning and other programs for low-income children and families across Tulsa. This post initially appeared on CAP’s Tulsa Initiative blog.
At Community Action Project…
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By:
Gene Perry
November 28, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Betty Casey has taught high school English, middle school gifted and talented, and Freshman Comp., English Lit. and Humanities at the University of Oklahoma and Tulsa Community College. She is currently managing editor of TulsaKids Magazine, a monthly parenting publication.…
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By:
David Blatt
November 8, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
James W. Utterback, Ph.D. is President of Seminole State College and Chair of the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority Board. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not reflect the opinions of OETA or any other group…
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This post is by OK Policy intern Emily Callen. Emily is a senior at the University of Tulsa, where she is pursuing a major in Biology and a minor in Economics. A longtime wonk-in-training, Emily has for years been boring…
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By:
Gene Perry
September 27, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
John Thompson is an education writer currently working on a book about his experience teaching for 18 years in the inner city of OKC. He has a doctorate from Rutgers University and is the author of Closing the Frontier: Radical…
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By:
Gene Perry
September 14, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Young children have one of the strongest claims for public support. They are dependent on us and clearly not to blame for any economic hardships they face.
Early childhood is also a smart investment of public dollars, since providing a…
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