Vouchers Won’t Save Public Schools Money, Says OSSBA Director
Oklahoma State School Boards Association Director Shawn Hime sets the record straight on vouchers: They’re going to cause more financial harm to our already struggling public school system. Vouchers...
View ArticleOklahoma Considers Gambling With (What’s Left Of) Education Funding
How many legislators does it take to change a light bulb? Two. One to break the currently functioning light bulb and one to get rid of all the extras. Fantasy gaming legislation could jeopardize...
View ArticleAnother Resident Implores Legislature To Do It’s Job: Fund Public Education
Another Oklahoma resident beseeches legislators to do their jobs and fund education. After five weeks session, state legislators have yet to face up to the obvious and rescind the income tax reductions...
View ArticleAlex Superintendent: Lawmakers Should Protect Interests Of All Students
Alex Public Schools Superintendent points out that despite shrinking resources, Oklahoma schools have continued to serve our increasing number of students well. It’s time to invest in our schools and...
View ArticleOklahoma leaders reach agreement on supplemental funding
Perhaps I’m cynical, but what’s the catch? Gov. Mary Fallin and Republican legislative leaders have reached an agreement to tap about $78 million from Oklahoma’s Rainy Day Fund to help public schools...
View ArticleAdvice From South Of The Red River: Treat Oklahoma Teachers With Respect
A high school band director from that state directly to the south whose name we don’t mention during college football season provides some insight into the educational funding landscape in which his...
View ArticleOklahoma Caveat: Learn From Kansas Before It’s Too Late
Kudos to the Oklahoma State Legislature for approving Rainy Day Funds to shore up this year’s public education budget. That said, we need to make sure we know how we’re going to fund subsequent years...
View ArticleHouse Sends Emergency Funding Bill For Oklahoma Schools To Governor
Gov. Mary Fallin now has a chance to sign a bill that will provide millions of dollars for public education during a time of catastrophic budget cuts. The House approved the measure and sent it to the...
View ArticleFallin Approves $51 Million For Education From State Rainy Day Fund
Public education is set to receive an infusion of $51 million from the state Rainy Day Fund. Gov. Mary Fallin approved the expenditure Wednesday to help offset catastrophic budget cuts. “The...
View ArticleRep. Inman: We Are In Crisis Mode, Majority Must Stop Blaming Dems
House Minority leader Scott Inman, D-Del City, admonishes the Republican majority to stop blaming Democrats for their failure to prevent or plug the current budget crisis today during his press...
View ArticleBartlesville Teachers: Schoolchildren “Painfully Aware” Something Is Wrong...
Bartlesville teachers point out that this year’s educational crisis has been years in the making, under both Democratic and Republican leadership, though HB 1017 in 1990 was supposed to solve those...
View ArticleThe Best Resources For Understanding Why Money Matters To Oklahoma Public...
We couldn’t believe our ears when Speaker Jeff Hickman told us a few days ago that state funding of public education cuts never existed, and that funding was up since 2007. Rick Cobb of...
View ArticleWhat Happens When You ‘Throw Money’ At A School
In an Oklahoma county where students‘ face parental imprisonment and drug addiction, the local school district, bolstered by rising property values thanks to Google infrastructure near town, is...
View ArticleNPR: Is There A Better Way To Pay For Our Schools?
What if there was a better way to fund our public schools? While we agree that schools need more funding, we also agree that not every school needs the same thing. What school do need is to have the...
View ArticleWhat Happens When Serving People Ceases To Be The Bottom Line?
Retired educator Claudia Swisher takes a few moments after her return from a trip to an Iowa student graduation and draws a few parallels between the struggling airline industry and our struggling...
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