by Michael Bates | May 1, 2023 | Counties and Districts, History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
First-ever Wayback Machine snapshot of BatesLine.com, from August 5, 2003 Twenty years ago today at 6:01 am, the first blog entry at batesline.com came into being, an automatically generated entry proclaiming, “MovableType 2.63 has been successfully...
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...
