![]() Budget & Tax Tax policies have consequences
Instead of punishing those who have been successful, states should adopt policies that make it easier for more people to find that same success.
Curtis Shelton | February 7, 2024 Tax policies have consequences Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. ![]() Education Widowed mother of three among Oklahoma school-choice beneficiaries
Widowed mother Emily McDonald is raising three children, including a son with autism, on a modest income. When her daughter started to be bullied in kindergarten and came home crying nearly every day, Emily knew she had to make a change.
Ray Carter | February 5, 2024 Widowed mother of three among Oklahoma school-choice beneficiaries Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. ![]() Education Oklahoma schools using virtual days to poach teachers, cook records
At some Oklahoma public schools, more than one in four school days are occurring online rather than in person, effectively generating bogus attendance records for schools, helping districts poach teachers from schools that do provide in-person instruction, and producing as little as 30 minutes of teaching per day even as taxpayers are funding full school days, according to state lawmakers.
Ray Carter | February 6, 2024 Oklahoma schools using virtual days to poach teachers, cook records Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. ![]() Law & Principles Governor notes Oklahoma ‘reservations’ not normal
In this year’s “State of the State” address, Gov. Kevin Stitt bluntly noted that those supposed reservations in Oklahoma have no relationship to Native American reservations in other states.
Ray Carter | February 6, 2024 Governor notes Oklahoma ‘reservations’ not normal Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. |
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