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2006 Oklahoma Piglet Book
OCPA and Citizens Against Government Waste today released the 2006 Oklahoma Piglet Book at a press conference featuring Sen. Tom Coburn.
Hot Air: How Oklahoma Inflates Its Educational Progress Under No Ch...
According to a new OCPA study, state policymakers have set low, undemanding standards for public school students and thus are overstatin...
A Closer Look at Education Spending
On May 24, 2006, OCPA sent a letter requesting some basic information from the school superintendent in each Oklahoma public school dist...
OCPA Budget: A State Budget that Respects Your Family Budget
Unlike the governor, OCPA is proposing a state budget that respects your family budget. Whereas the governor’s budget increases spending...
Education in Oklahoma: The Real Costs
The real cost of Oklahoma's public education system is substantially higher than what the "official" government reports reveal. Governme...
Has SoonerCare Achieved Its Objectives?
SoonerCare has been in operation for five years, and recent reports of budget shortfalls and allegations of nursing home infractions mak...
Why Oklahomans from A to Z Should Embrace School Choice
Ever since the U. S. Supreme Court ruled last summer in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris on the constitutionality of school vouchers, the school...
What A Waste
There have been few buzzwords more widely invoked in education circles in recent years than accountability. And surely our schools can h...
Blueprint for a Nanny State
The Governor's Task Force on Early Childhood Education has produced nothing less than a blueprint for a state-run childcare, health care...
Oklahoma's Death Tax: Not O.K.
The United States are almost united on one point — states should not go over and above the federal death tax and impose additional burde...
