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Reducing College Costs Is Crucial for Families

Reducing College Costs Is Crucial for Families

Wed, Jun 05, 2013 11:18 AM CDT
I recently attended a lecture where a gentleman discussed how my kids could obtain a college degree by age 18 at a fraction of the cost ...
Let’s Reimburse Higher Ed for Remediation Costs

Let’s Reimburse Higher Ed for Remediation Costs

Wed, Jun 05, 2013 10:37 AM CDT
The good news: Oklahoma schools are teaching phonics. The bad news: It’s in college. Students at Tulsa Community College, for example...
OCPA Research Fellow Says College Soon Will Look Very Different

OCPA Research Fellow Says College Soon Will Look Very Different

Wed, May 08, 2013 04:51 PM CDT
In spite of all the alarm over rising costs and excessive borrowing for college, one Oklahoman is confident that college will be far les...
Parents Have the Right, Responsibility to Choose Best Schools

Parents Have the Right, Responsibility to Choose Best Schools

Wed, May 08, 2013 04:50 PM CDT
In a now-infamous MSNBC commercial, TV host Melissa Harris-Perry blithely and unblinkingly suggests taxpayers don’t spend enough on publ...
Could International Homeschooling Case Have Implications for Oklahoma?

Could International Homeschooling Case Have Implications for Oklahoma?

Thu, Apr 04, 2013 04:28 PM CDT
Even as Oklahoma legislators continually affirm the right and responsibility of parents to educate their children, the Obama administrat...
Give Mothers Their Druthers (and Their Money)

Give Mothers Their Druthers (and Their Money)

Wed, Mar 06, 2013 10:20 AM CST
In their book The Flipside of Feminism: What Conservative Women Know—And Men Can’t Say, Phyllis Schlafly and Suzanne Venker point out th...
Is Oklahoma’s Preschool Program ‘High-Quality’?

Is Oklahoma’s Preschool Program ‘High-Quality’?

Wed, Mar 06, 2013 10:14 AM CST
During his State of the Union address last month, President Barack Obama proposed making “high-quality preschool available to every sing...
Special-Needs Students Yearn for Acceptance

Special-Needs Students Yearn for Acceptance

Wed, Feb 06, 2013 01:17 PM CST
Two of my children once attended a small private school in a town where we had just moved. Early in the fall semester, another new kid a...
Affordable Higher Education Is on the Horizon

Affordable Higher Education Is on the Horizon

Wed, Feb 06, 2013 12:55 PM CST
Conversations on how to make college affordable are endless. Technically, we know how to significantly lower costs and improve quality, ...
Education Savings Accounts Would Empower Parents

Education Savings Accounts Would Empower Parents

Wed, Feb 06, 2013 12:49 PM CST
Imagine a state where a mom using Medicaid could only take her daughter to a government hospital, or where child care subsidies from the...
Parents Responsible for Johnny’s Education

Parents Responsible for Johnny’s Education

Fri, Jan 04, 2013 02:31 PM CST
Who’s responsible if Johnny’s education isn’t up to snuff? Certainly schools must accept their share of the blame for the well-document...
More Spending Won’t Boost Report Cards

More Spending Won’t Boost Report Cards

Fri, Jan 04, 2013 02:30 PM CST
Oklahoma’s new school report cards are much in the news lately, and there’s been no shortage of complaining about them from some of our ...
A Better Way to Keep Oklahoma Students Safe at School

A Better Way to Keep Oklahoma Students Safe at School

Wed, Dec 05, 2012 03:49 PM CST
Most parents and policymakers believe their public schools are safe. They might change their minds if actual safety statistics were more...
Safety Opportunity Scholarships Envisioned for Students in Unsafe Public Schools

Safety Opportunity Scholarships Envisioned for Students in Unsafe P...

Wed, Dec 05, 2012 03:46 PM CST
A leading school choice advocate is encouraging Oklahoma state lawmakers to look at model legislation creating Safety Opportunity Schola...
What Is Truth?

What Is Truth?

Wed, Dec 05, 2012 03:37 PM CST
This is a story about truth—veritas. As in: Veritas Classical Academy of Oklahoma City, a blended (or “hybrid”) educational system that...
An Idea to Help Parents Afford College

An Idea to Help Parents Afford College

Mon, Nov 05, 2012 02:42 PM CST
As The Oklahoman recently noted, tuition and fees in Oklahoma continue to skyrocket: “In-state tuition and fees at OU in 1980 were $1,71...
The Rise of the $10,000 Bachelor’s Degree

The Rise of the $10,000 Bachelor’s Degree

Thu, Oct 04, 2012 09:33 AM CDT
In 2011, Texas Governor Rick Perry challenged Texas public higher education to develop degrees costing no more than $10,000. This year, ...
Contemplating the Future of Higher Education

Contemplating the Future of Higher Education

Thu, Oct 04, 2012 09:25 AM CDT
America’s higher education system is in dire need of reform. The average college student leaves school with more than $23,000 in debt, a...
Non-Graduating Students Cost Oklahoma Taxpayers Millions

Non-Graduating Students Cost Oklahoma Taxpayers Millions

Tue, Sep 04, 2012 12:53 PM CDT
For the past 20 years I have conducted research on admissions and outcomes in public higher education and have noted the costs to states...
What D.C. Schools Can Teach Us about Obamacare

What D.C. Schools Can Teach Us about Obamacare

Mon, Aug 06, 2012 09:37 AM CDT
Thanks to the recent Supreme Court ruling, the federal government has gained broad new powers to control the nation’s health care system...
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