A seemingly good college prep charter here in Oklahoma City has encountered publicity that it didn’t plan on, and perhaps wants badly to just go away. Continue reading Deeper Issues than Dancing Dead Cats
Deeper Issues than Dancing Dead Cats
Tag Archives: Oklahoma
The Hostile Workplace of Teachers
For most of us parents, the first impression that we have of school is that it is a warm, welcoming place. It’s because that first impression comes from viewing the Kindergarten class on an occasional basis when our children first start school. Continue reading The Hostile Workplace of Teachers
Do Okla Board of Ed Members Need their Own Investigator?
In an unusual turn of events, some members of the Oklahoma Board of Education are promoting legislation that would give them their own investigator who would be under their control. Continue reading Do Okla Board of Ed Members Need their Own Investigator?
Are Okla GOP Politicians Still For a Strong Supt?
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There are Republican politicians in Oklahoma. And then, there is that Republican politician. You know — that Joy Hofmeister.
She’s the Republican who primaried and beat Janet Barresi, incumbent Republican sweetheart of the public school bashing bandwagon. Continue reading Are Okla GOP Politicians Still For a Strong Supt?
Plenty of Room for Liberals in Oklahoma — Step Up!
Well, well. My native state of Oklahoma has been in the news a lot lately. It seems that people around the country find us entertaining at best, and at worst, dangerous.
We are both. Continue reading Plenty of Room for Liberals in Oklahoma — Step Up!
So You Want Evidence of Choice and Charter Problems?
So, you think that you want to expand “school choice” for parents by passing proposed legislation that would allow charters and private schools to take tax money with little of the financial or quality safeguards that publicly controlled schools now have?
Continue reading So You Want Evidence of Choice and Charter Problems?
Here Comes The Money
When it comes to public schools in Oklahoma, the effort to move parents from the status of citizen to consumer has started in earnest, and there is big, big money behind it. Continue reading Here Comes The Money
Sorry, the Kingdom Will Not Come for Education on Monday
We are always looking for lesser messiahs than The Messiah. A new President will fix it. Yeah, a new governor will make it right. If we can just elect a new attorney general, then…. But it seldom works that way.
Continue reading Sorry, the Kingdom Will Not Come for Education on Monday
They Still Don’t Get It — Teachers Can’t be Bought
Eleven days out from the election and the all-Republican, Fallin-hand-picked Oklahoma State Board of Education is a model of affability. Continue reading They Still Don’t Get It — Teachers Can’t be Bought
It Is Easier to Tear Down than to Build Up
It is far easier to tear something down than it is to build and maintain it in the first place. It’s true with physical things and it’s true of government, too.