 Education Despite massive spending, study finds COVID learning loss persists
Despite the massive government spending meant to address COVID learning loss, a new report finds that students across the country continue to perform worse academically than their prepandemic counterparts.
Ray Carter | July 30, 2024 Despite massive spending, study finds COVID learning loss persists Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.  Energy Bolstering Oklahoma law, pensioner sues over ESG investing
A class-action lawsuit targeting American Airlines’ reliance on ESG firms in the management of its employees’ pensions shows that some retired workers agree with Oklahoma’s anti-ESG stance.
Ray Carter | July 29, 2024 Bolstering Oklahoma law, pensioner sues over ESG investing Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.  Education Chicken Little rhetoric from education special interests was wrong (again)
It never made sense to pay schools for educating “ghost students” who weren’t there. Oklahoma state lawmakers were right to ignore the lobbyists and do what’s best for taxpayers.
Jonathan Small | July 29, 2024 Chicken Little rhetoric from education special interests was wrong (again) Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.  Health Care Health agency collects Oklahomans’ data, balks at transparency
The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) has acknowledged that it collects Oklahomans’ personal medical information. But when an open-records request asked if the OSDH sells that data to third parties, the agency’s tune changed.
Ray Carter | July 25, 2024 Health agency collects Oklahomans’ data, balks at transparency Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. |
   
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