 Education Despite more money, Oklahoma students struggle
Since 2018, Oklahoma’s per-pupil school funding has surged by 51 percent—yet student outcomes have declined. Much of Oklahoma’s education spending goes to bureaucracy rather than classrooms, with less than half of school employees being teachers.
Ray Carter | August 26, 2025 Despite more money, Oklahoma students struggle Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.  Education, Law & Principles OSSAA faces conflict-of-interest questions in Glencoe case
Four Glencoe High School basketball players were ruled ineligible by the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA). The OSSAA board vote included members from rival Class A schools that could directly benefit from sidelining Glencoe’s athletes.
Ray Carter | August 25, 2025 OSSAA faces conflict-of-interest questions in Glencoe case Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.  Law & Principles If you hate the poor, raise the minimum wage
In Oklahoma, where market wages already exceed the state’s minimum wage, tying pay to big-city living costs in places like San Francisco would devastate Oklahoma’s rural economies.
Jonathan Small | August 25, 2025 If you hate the poor, raise the minimum wage Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.  Law & Principles The legal and political implications of the latest OSSAA scandal
The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) is again facing scrutiny. Now with parents suing, the attorney general warning, and state lawmakers growing restless, OSSAA’s heavy-handed enforcement may be setting the stage for its own undoing.
Ryan Haynie | August 22, 2025 The legal and political implications of the latest OSSAA scandal Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.  Education, Higher Education Lawmakers must confront higher ed, K-12 on reading crisis
In 2022, state lawmakers made it clear that hospitals don’t get the money unless they stop harmful “gender reassignment” procedures on children. Lawmakers must now tell higher ed that they don’t get the money unless they stop harmful pedagogic procedures on children.
Jonathan Small | August 22, 2025 Lawmakers must confront higher ed, K-12 on reading crisis Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.  Education Who’s draining whom?
Oklahoma’s public-education funding is at an all-time high. Private school choice pales by comparison.
Brandon Dutcher | August 22, 2025 Who’s draining whom? Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.  Education Report ranks Oklahoma 50th in education, warns money no cure-all
WalletHub has ranked Oklahoma’s public school system 50th in the nation, even as state funding for education has increased significantly in recent years.
Ray Carter | August 20, 2025 Report ranks Oklahoma 50th in education, warns money no cure-all Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.  Education, Culture & the Family Amid state and national backlash, OSSAA still touts DEI
The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) continues to tout DEI on its website, declaring that promotion of “groups that have social and cultural differences is an integral part of education-based activities” and claimed DEI is part of that effort.
Ray Carter | August 20, 2025 Amid state and national backlash, OSSAA still touts DEI Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.  Budget & Tax Oklahoma hailed as leader on state pension reform
For years, Oklahoma was ranked near the bottom of the 50 states based on the unfunded liabilities of its state pension systems. But reforms that took effect a decade ago have totally changed those statistics, and experts participating in a recent legislative study told lawmakers Oklahoma is now considered a national model.
Ray Carter | August 20, 2025 Oklahoma hailed as leader on state pension reform Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.  Budget & Tax OSSAA generates millions annually
The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA), the governing body for high school sports and competitions, collected $9.7 million in revenue in 2024, with net income of $1.3 million, while paying its executive director nearly a quarter-million dollars annually.
Curtis Shelton | August 19, 2025 OSSAA generates millions annually Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. |
   
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