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Are Oklahoma School Districts Cheating?

Are Oklahoma School Districts Cheating?

Thu, May 03, 2012 10:38 AM CDT
It was “the year of the test cheating scandal,” the Associated Press reported as 2011 drew to a close. Has that scandal come to Oklahom...
Education’s Missing Apple

Education’s Missing Apple

Thu, Apr 12, 2012 04:12 PM CDT
There are many great schools in our nation’s innercities, yet the overall poor performance in these areas persists. Why? The assumpti...
Do Parents Know Best?

Do Parents Know Best?

Thu, Apr 12, 2012 03:39 PM CDT
In Democracy in America, Tocqueville warned that if despotism were to come to America, it wouldn’t be your garden-variety despotism. “It...
Horace Mann, False Prophet

Horace Mann, False Prophet

Tue, Mar 06, 2012 03:45 PM CST
Horace Mann, generally regarded as the father of America’s current public school system, once predicted: “Let the Common School ... be w...
When Higher Ed Gets Defensive

When Higher Ed Gets Defensive

Thu, Jan 05, 2012 12:03 PM CST
Hell hath no fury like the higher education establishment scorned—or even challenged, for that matter. Some background: In May 2008, th...
Education Establishment Prefers Low Voter Turnout

Education Establishment Prefers Low Voter Turnout

Thu, Jan 05, 2012 11:16 AM CST
Ever wonder why local school boards often represent their constituents poorly? It’s because most of Oklahoma’s center-right majority doe...
Parents Deserve Preschool Choices

Parents Deserve Preschool Choices

Mon, Dec 05, 2011 01:41 PM CST
In each of the last two years, thanks to a special-needs scholarship bill signed by Gov. Brad Henry and an equal-opportunity scholarship...
Are Public School Teachers Underpaid?

Are Public School Teachers Underpaid?

Mon, Dec 05, 2011 01:40 PM CST
My colleague at The Heritage Foundation, Jason Richwine, along with co-author Andrew Biggs of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), h...
Our Profitable (and Profligate) Universities

Our Profitable (and Profligate) Universities

Mon, Nov 07, 2011 09:50 AM CST
Undergraduate education is a highly profitable business for nonprofit colleges and universities. But how, you may ask, can a nonprofit ...
How Does Your School District Stack Up Internationally?

How Does Your School District Stack Up Internationally?

Mon, Nov 07, 2011 09:32 AM CST
The Global Report Card, which Jay P. Greene and Josh B. McGee discuss on page 4, “enables users to compare academic achievement in math ...
Oklahoma’s ‘Best’ School Districts Are Mediocre

Oklahoma’s ‘Best’ School Districts Are Mediocre

Mon, Nov 07, 2011 09:30 AM CST
The problems of Oklahoma City and Tulsa Public Schools are well known. What is much less understood is that many of Oklahoma’s affluent ...
Let’s Diversify Our Preschool Portfolio

Let’s Diversify Our Preschool Portfolio

Tue, Oct 04, 2011 02:52 PM CDT
Proponents of prekindergarten (pre-K) believe that children need to be institutionally prepared for kindergarten. For example, there are...
Beware the U.S. Department of Education SWAT Team

Beware the U.S. Department of Education SWAT Team

Tue, Sep 06, 2011 11:00 AM CDT
Add the U.S. Department of Education to the list of federal agencies that can invade your home at gunpoint and hold you and your family ...
What to Expect from Enrolling in College

What to Expect from Enrolling in College

Tue, Sep 06, 2011 10:55 AM CDT
Oklahomans have many options to choose from when selecting a college. Information—specifically, information concerning the value added f...
The Year of School Choice

The Year of School Choice

Thu, Aug 04, 2011 02:37 PM CDT
When I bet Jay Mathews of The Washington Post that school choice would have a banner year in 2011, I had no idea what kind of forces I w...
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Education in the Digital Age: Policy Reforms to Improve Learning Op...

Fri, Jul 29, 2011 09:00 AM CDT
Across the nation, a growing number of students are benefiting from innovative online learning options. These options range from full-t...
Jenks Puts the ‘Early’ in Early Childhood Ed

Jenks Puts the ‘Early’ in Early Childhood Ed

Fri, Jul 01, 2011 04:05 PM CDT
Question: When has early childhood “education” officially gone off the rails? Answer: When a public-school handbook feels the need to i...
Hope and Change: In Praise of Universal Preschool Choice

Hope and Change: In Praise of Universal Preschool Choice

Fri, Jul 01, 2011 04:04 PM CDT
Two years ago in Oklahoma City, Nobel Prize-winning economist Dr. James Heckman made the case for early childhood education. No surprise...
Spring School-Board Elections Are Bad for Democracy

Spring School-Board Elections Are Bad for Democracy

Fri, Jul 01, 2011 04:03 PM CDT
In a fascinating study of interest group influence on school board elections, Stanford political scientist Sarah Anzia offers new reason...
Top 10 Reasons Oklahoma Regents Should Cut, Not Raise, Tuition

Top 10 Reasons Oklahoma Regents Should Cut, Not Raise, Tuition

Fri, Jul 01, 2011 03:41 PM CDT
Last month Oklahoma’s higher education regents approved tuition and fee increases for the state’s public colleges and universities. No s...
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