by Michael Bates | Apr 30, 2023 | Culture, Education, History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
A recent tweet from Jeremy Tate, founder and CEO of the Classic Learning Test (CLT): Classical education is fundamental an educational [sic] it what it means to be fully human. It is not a politically conservative alternative to the already politically hijacked...
by Jamison Faught | Apr 27, 2023 | Education, Muskogee Politico, OKGrassroots
Governor Kevin Stitt probably prepared with some stretches and knuckle-cracking before he set out on a veto spree for the ages last night.In an escalation of the fight at the State Capitol over passing tax cuts and education reform, and in particular frustration with...
by Jamison Faught | Apr 22, 2023 | Education, Muskogee Politico, OKGrassroots
Governor Kevin Stitt's proposal to break the legislative impasse over school choice legislation is being met with a wide range of reactions.Read below for statements from:House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka (cautiously positive)Oklahoma Farm Bureau...
by Michael Bates | Apr 15, 2023 | History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
Tonight I attended Augustine Christian Academy’s middle-school production of Annie (Jr.). As is always the case at ACA, the production was characterized by excellence and a lot of heart. It hit me that no one involved in the production (except the director)...
by Michael Bates | Apr 13, 2023 | History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
Some thoughts on the April 4, 2023, school board and municipal results, from my live-tweet thread. (ThreadReaderApp unroll here.) At 7:36 pm, early results in the Tulsa school board election came from 4 of the 18 precincts in District 1, all east of the river (and...
by Jamison Faught | Apr 4, 2023 | Education, Muskogee Politico, OKGrassroots
I'm posting this somewhat delayed due to having been swamped with work, but this was the biggest thing to come out of the legislature last week:Senate Approves Historic Education Funding PackageOKLAHOMA CITY (March 30th) – The Oklahoma State Senate today...
