National School Choice Week is in full swing across the country and also in Oklahoma (kudos to Gov. Mary Fallin for proclaiming it so). ...

Imagine a state where a mom using Medicaid could only take her daughter to a government hospital, or where child care subsidies from the...

Oklahoma certainly has its share of school-performance woes, and I dare say over the last two decades no one in Oklahoma has spilled mor...

Most parents and policymakers believe their public schools are safe. They might change their minds if actual safety statistics were more...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. -- Safety Opportunity Scholarships, which empower parents to choose safer schools for students who have faced bully...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma school districts cannot sue parents who use state funds to send their special-needs children to private schools...

As The Oklahoman recently noted in an excellent editorial, tuition and fees in Oklahoma continue to skyrocket. “In-state tuitio...

Rebecca Hamilton is a courageous lady. A Democratic state representative from Oklahoma City, she’s a self-described feminist who is libe...

Many charter schools in Oklahoma and nationwide are wonderful. OCPA has raved about a certain charter school in Tulsa, for example. And ...

“At least two Hinton high school students will have their end-of-instruction exam scores invalidated after evidence of ‘testing irregula...

When arguing against parental choice in education, members of the education establishment often raise the subject of “fixed costs.” If a...

I’ve written before of the condescension and the suffocating paternalism of some (doubtless well-meaning) folks in the education establi...

With its recent adoption of opportunity scholarships, Oklahoma has become a leader in tapping the power of school choice to help famili...

When middle-school student Phylicia Lewis attended her local public school as an elementary student, she often ate her lunch in the bath...

August 6, 2012 THIS FALL, FOUR VOTES TO DEFINE MARRIAGE In November, voters in Maine, Maryland, <stro...

In this brief video clip, OCPA distinguished fellow J. Rufus Fears recalls Gov. Ronald Reagan’s leadership in the area of higher educati...

There was some good reporting Sunday in The Oklahoman on the topic of school consolidation in Oklahoma. As OCPA never tires o...

RESTORING LOVE Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Love” rally drew at least 65,000 people to the state of Texas ...

“Opposition to state scholarships for children with special needs may have a far-reaching, negative impact,” the state’s largest newspap...