Education
Caving to teacher unions, Oklahoma House kills teacher-empowerment bill
Ray Carter | April 29, 2024
Caving to teacher unions, Oklahoma House kills teacher-empowerment bill
Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
Education Caving to teacher unions, Oklahoma House kills teacher-empowerment bill
An effort to give teachers greater control over their interactions with unions—and reduce interruption of school days for non-school activities—has failed in the Oklahoma House of Representatives after lawmakers caved to union pressure.
Ray Carter | April 29, 2024 Caving to teacher unions, Oklahoma House kills teacher-empowerment bill Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. Law & Principles Ten Commandments case highlights Oklahoma’s judicial incoherence
Some say the unelected and unaccountable Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC)—which chooses, in secret, all major Oklahoma judicial nominees—works just fine. Unfortunately, there is much evidence to the contrary.
Jonathan Small | April 29, 2024 Ten Commandments case highlights Oklahoma’s judicial incoherence Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. Law & Principles Senate sends ranked-choice voting ban to Stitt
Legislation that would prohibit the use of ranked-choice voting in Oklahoma elections has been sent to Gov. Kevin Stitt.
Ray Carter | April 26, 2024 Senate sends ranked-choice voting ban to Stitt Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. Education Oklahoma House votes to mandate phonics, ban ‘three-cueing’
Under legislation advancing from the Oklahoma House of Representatives, teachers could no longer use the discredited “three-cueing” method to teach reading, and more teachers would instead be trained in the “science of reading,” including phonics instruction.
Ray Carter | April 25, 2024 Oklahoma House votes to mandate phonics, ban ‘three-cueing’ Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. Law & Principles Illegal immigration bill sent to governor
Legislation that would allow illegal immigrants to be arrested by state police for “impermissible occupation” has won strong approval from the Oklahoma Senate and is headed to the governor.
Ray Carter | April 24, 2024 Illegal immigration bill sent to governor Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. |
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs For 25 years, OCPA has served as Oklahoma’s largest and most influential free-market based think tank. We conduct research and analysis of public issues in Oklahoma from a perspective of limited government, individual liberty, and a free-market economy. Archives
January 2024
Categories |