Shannon Guss is the Educare Project Director at the Early Childhood Education Institute (ECEI) at the University of Oklahoma – Tulsa. Ryan Gentzler is a Research Associate at ECEI and an OK Policy Research Fellow.
With two bills from 2011…
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David Blatt
February 18, 2015 // Updated: May 2, 2019
The 2015 session is now underway and it’s clear that this year, as always, will feature heated debates on a multitude of contentious issues, from proposals to expand school choice through vouchers and charter schools to efforts to rein in…
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Nikki Hager
February 12, 2015 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This post is by OK Policy intern Nikki Hager. She is a senior Political Science and Economics major at the University of Tulsa.
In November, President Obama issued an executive order to grant deportation relief to approximately half of the…
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Carly Putnam
September 9, 2014 // Updated: June 13, 2019
NOTE: This article was published in 2014 when Ft. Sill was first used to detain migrant children and has not been updated to reflect the detention of migrant children at Ft. Sill in 2019.
At the end of July, we…
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This post, authored by then-intern Carly Putnam, first ran on our blog on July 25, 2013. It has been updated.
It’s rare to find a novel set in Oklahoma; it’s rarer still to find a novel set in Oklahoma that…
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Kate Richey
July 22, 2014 // Updated: June 13, 2019
NOTE: This article was published in 2014 when Ft. Sill was first used to detain migrant children and has not been updated to reflect the detention of migrant children at Ft. Sill in 2019.
As most Oklahomans have heard and…
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This post was written by OK Policy intern Carly Putnam. Carly is an undergraduate at the University of Tulsa majoring in Sociology and Women’s & Gender Studies. She can be found on Twitter at @CarlyPutnam.
It’s rare to find a…
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Many of the immigrants known as DREAMers were brought to the US as children without correct documentation. Others crossed the border legally as children, but they now hold expired paperwork. They attended school here, and some even served in the US military.
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These factsheets provide quick and colorful access to key demographic, economic, and social indicators for each county in Oklahoma. Get important county-level statistics – as well as statewide rankings and comparisons – at a glance. Counties are listed in alphabetical…
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Illegal is a compelling 6-minute documentary about undocumented American youth. The film was financed, produced, and directed by a diverse team of independent advocates and professionals from across the country. Through a series of interviews, this short film illuminates the…
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