by Jenni L. White | Sep 21, 2021 | Education, Education Policy, Home Education, OKGrassroots, ROPE
Last month, State Superintendent Hofmeister (who referred to the recent Governor-requested, first ever audit of the OSDE as “yet another attack on public education”) happily announced she had gifted Teach For America over four million dollars to fill empty...
by Jenni L. White | Sep 20, 2021 | Education, Education Policy, Home Education, OKGrassroots, ROPE
Monday, September 18th, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dr. Everett Piper Joins the Board of Reclaim Oklahoma Parent Empowerment (ROPE2.0) Read more » This blog originates from ROPE2: http://reclaimoklahomaparentempowerment.blogspot.com
by Jenni L. White | Sep 8, 2021 | Education, Education Policy, Home Education, OKGrassroots, ROPE
After taking a long walk around the Oklahoma State Department of Education on Labor Day, I found that our state's education department is simply chalk full of 'anti-racist', anti-HB1775 (the bill banning CRT) non-educational nonsense that includes invasive...
by Jenni L. White | Aug 29, 2021 | Education, Education Policy, Home Education, OKGrassroots, ROPE
Friday, August 27 (2021), I was sent a screen shot of a document from the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) that included masking 'guidance' which contradicted Oklahoma's SB658 (the bill to allow freedom of choice regarding student masking in all...
by Jenni L. White | Aug 27, 2021 | Education, Education Policy, Home Education, OKGrassroots, ROPE
What in the world is going on at the Oklahoma State Department of Education – again? July 12th, the Oklahoma State School Board voted to accept the rules written to uphold HB1775, the bill that prohibits the teaching of divisive subjects often linked to Critical...
by Jenni L. White | Aug 16, 2021 | Education, Education Policy, Home Education, OKGrassroots, ROPE
Today, there are numerous state school laws being violated by public schools. For example, for years schools have been using Common Core in classrooms though it was repealed from law and supposedly removed from Oklahoma State teaching standards in 2014/2015. Now...