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Oklahoma: Epic Virtual Charter Severs Ties to Co-Founders’ For-Profit Firm After Paying Them Millions

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7May 28, 2021May 29, 2021

May 28, 2021May 29, 202108

After a scathing state audit of its finances, the EPIC virtual charter school cut its ties to the school’s for-profit co-founders. The governing board of...

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John Thompson: How Corporate Reform Devastated My School

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7April 11, 2021April 12, 2021

April 11, 2021April 12, 2021023

John Thompson is an historian and a retired teacher in Oklahoma. He wrote this piece for the blog at my request. In 2006, our John...

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Oklahoma: A Sick Joke on the Public

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7April 1, 2021April 2, 2021

April 1, 2021April 2, 2021027

You may recall that the Oklahoma State Board of Education recently voted 4-3 to allow charter schools to share in local tax revenues, over the...

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Oklahoma: State Board, by 4-3, Gives Charter Schools Access to Local Tax Revenues

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7March 28, 2021March 29, 2021

March 28, 2021March 29, 2021027

Over the opposition of Joy Hofmeister, the state superintendent, the Oklahoma State Board of Education voted 4-3 to allow charter schools to have a share...

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Oklahoma: Second-Grade Girl Expelled Because She Admits She Likes Another Girl

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7February 1, 2021February 2, 2021

February 1, 2021February 2, 2021023

Rejoice Christian School in Owasso, Oklahoma, was expelled because she told another girl that she had a crush on her. If every little girl who...

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John Thompson: Oklahoma’s Disastrous Efforts to Privatize Everything

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7January 31, 2021February 1, 2021

January 31, 2021February 1, 2021020

John Thompson is a historian and retired teacher in Oklahoma. He keeps us abreast of what is happening in his home state. He writes: Now...

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John Thompson: Who is Cleta Mitchell, Trump’s Latest Election Lawyer?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7January 6, 2021January 7, 2021

January 6, 2021January 7, 2021033

John Thompson, retired teacher in Oklahoma, knows who Cleta Mitchell is. Her career began in Oklahoma. Cleta Mitchell sat alongside Trump and Mark Meadows as...

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John Thompson in Oklahoma: Grifters Gonna Keep Grifting

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 24, 2020December 25, 2020

December 24, 2020December 25, 2020034

John Thompson, historian and retired teacher, writes often about what is happening in Oklahoma. It is often not good for public schools and teachers because...

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Breaking News! Oklahoma Gov. Stitt Removes New Member of State Board of Education

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 8, 2020December 9, 2020

December 8, 2020December 9, 2020028

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt accepted the resignation of Melissa Crabtree, whom he appointed four days earlier. Crabtree is a home-schooling parent who has vociferously opposed...

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Oklahoma: Governor Stitt Appoints Home-Schooling Anti-Masker to State Board of Education

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 6, 2020December 7, 2020

December 6, 2020December 7, 2020030

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt kicked his own appointee off the State Board of Education who made the terrible error of trying to claw back millions...

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