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A new poll shows strong support for school choice policies in Oklahoma, including those that allow parents to use taxpayer dollars for private-school tuition. Those poll results continue a pattern that has been consistent in Oklahoma for the better part of a decade now.
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Earlier this year the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced an Oklahoma City-based specialty hospital and physician group will pay $72.3 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act and the Oklahoma Medicaid False Claims Act.
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For roughly three decades, Wilfred McClay has taught United States history, but he only recently decided to take the plunge and write his own American History textbook for teenage students after concluding the available alternatives were “simply not adequate to the task of creating that sense of living and nourishing connection to the past.”
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Moore Public Schools has seen steady enrollment growth throughout the past decade, with the student count growing by nearly 14 percent since 2010. During that same period, total revenue for MPS grew by 21 percent.
![]() In 2009 there was a massive flood of federal money to Oklahoma schools because of the Great Recession. Since 2010 federal dollars have decreased by 33 percent. This means revenue increases have come from state and local sources. (Feed generated with FetchRSS) < a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/OklahomaCouncilOfPublicAffairs" target="_blank"> Moore per-student revenue increasing Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
Hats off to Nicole Neily and the team at Speech First: the University of Texas has agreed to dissolve its Orwellian "bias response team." Let's hope OU and UCO are next.
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To turn the tide of rising healthcare costs, we must demand price transparency.
This simple legislation is long overdue; it will create disruptive waves throughout the healthcare space in Oklahoma, eliminating the mystery in health care prices. Learn more: https://www.ocpathink.org/post/price-transparency-will-protect-oklahoma-patients ![]() (Feed generated with FetchRSS) < a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/OklahomaCouncilOfPublicAffairs" target="_blank"> Timeline Photos Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
Open discussion thread: Should students resume in-person learning in 2021?
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When asked "How much do you trust the news media?", two out of three Oklahoma Democrats answered “a great deal” or “a good amount.”
However, nearly three in four Oklahoma Republicans said “not at all” or “not very much.” How would you answer? Learn more: https://www.ocpathink.org/post/republicans-trust-in-media-decimated ![]() (Feed generated with FetchRSS) < a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/OklahomaCouncilOfPublicAffairs" target="_blank"> Timeline Photos Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
It’s simple: When you step into your doctor’s office or go to the hospital for a routine service or procedure, you should know the cost.
Unfortunately, however, too many patients are left in the dark regarding their bill. ![]() The lack of price transparency for medical pricing in the United States causes fear and headaches for many families needing care. In fact, large unexpected health care bills topped the list of financial worries for families—beating out mortgage payments, food, and utilities—according to a poll c... (Feed generated with FetchRSS) < a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/OklahomaCouncilOfPublicAffairs" target="_blank"> Price transparency will protect Oklahoma patients Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
What makes Christmas special to you?
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