by Jenni L. White | Aug 10, 2021 | Education, Education Policy, Home Education, OKGrassroots, ROPE
August 8th, The Oklahoman published an opinion piece by Adam Cohen, (Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Interim President of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation), written as a conversation with the Coronavirus.Though a rhetorical device, it's clear...
by Michael Bates | Jul 20, 2021 | History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
If you went looking for BatesLine recently and found nothing, it’s because the server was offline from late Tuesday, July 13, 2021, until sometime Wednesday evening, July 14, 2021. According to BatesLine’s hosting provider, the downtime was “due to a...
by Jenni L. White | Jul 11, 2021 | Education, Education Policy, Home Education, OKGrassroots, ROPE
Dr. Larry White, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Library System, responded to my recent criticism of the MLS' celebration of Pride Month sent via contact form at the MLS website, with a very long and what appeared to be 'canned' response.I say...
by Michael Bates | Jul 6, 2021 | History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
Newspapers.com has some amazing content that can help to locate long-lost rural places around Tulsa. I was searching for information about Bethel Union School, later known as Paul Revere School (which I wrote about in conjunction with the centennial of Southern Hills...
by Jenni L. White | Jul 4, 2021 | Education, Education Policy, Home Education, OKGrassroots, ROPE
Truly, what have we come to when Oklahoma educators are angry because a bill including the above prohibitions was passed during the 2021 Legislative Session?Read more »This blog originates from ROPE2: http://reclaimoklahomaparentempowerment.blogspot.com
by Michael Bates | Jun 29, 2021 | History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
You have five more days (Wednesday, June 30, 2021, to Sunday, July 4, 2021) to visit Tulsa’s Gilcrease Museum, before the museum, as you’ve known it for the last 57 years, goes away forever.
