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Study shows huge ghost-student decline in Oklahoma
Ray Carter | July 15, 2024
Study shows huge ghost-student decline in Oklahoma
Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
![]() Education Study shows huge ghost-student decline in Oklahoma
A new report from the Reason Foundation shows an enormous reduction in ghost-student funding in Oklahoma. The result is an additional $180 million being spent on students that actually exist within local school districts.
Ray Carter | July 15, 2024 Study shows huge ghost-student decline in Oklahoma Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. ![]() Law & Principles Drummond wants law schools to obey the law
Is it too much to ask that law schools obey the law? Apparently, the American Bar Association thinks it is.
Jonathan Small | July 15, 2024 Drummond wants law schools to obey the law Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. ![]() Higher Education OU professor part of Biden ‘hate’ workshop
An OU education professor who “seeks to disrupt whiteness and white supremacy on predominantly white campuses” was featured at a recent workshop hosted by the Biden White House.
Ray Carter | July 12, 2024 OU professor part of Biden ‘hate’ workshop Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. ![]() Judicial Reform Oklahoma Supreme Court sets its own policy to allow schools to mask children
The Oklahoma Supreme Court often makes rulings based on whatever its members feel justify their preferred outcome. Such was the case in a recent case on school masks.
Ryan Haynie | July 12, 2024 Oklahoma Supreme Court sets its own policy to allow schools to mask children Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. ![]() Budget & Tax Free agents reap tax savings
Here are a few notable free-agent signings from the NBA, and how their new tax rates in different states will affect how much of their earnings they’ll actually get to keep.
Curtis Shelton | July 11, 2024 Free agents reap tax savings Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. ![]() Culture & the Family Conservatives gain in Oklahoma legislative races
Oklahoma’s primary elections showed that candidates who embrace conservative positions on judicial nominations, taxes, and school choice do far better, on average, than those who don’t.
Jonathan Small | July 8, 2024 Conservatives gain in Oklahoma legislative races Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. |
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