ESA can help Down Syndrome child

Bartlesville CPA explains scholarship tax-credit provision

"There is a little-known Oklahoma tax law that allows taxpayers to make a tax-deductible donation to a private school scholarship program and get a tax credit of 50 percent of the amount of their donation," writes Debbie Mueggenborg, CPA. I encourage you to read her entire article in the Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise here.

Put more dollars into the classroom

State Sen. Kyle Loveless believes that many of the dollars currently paying for administrative overhead should be redirected to the classroom. Here's his recent conversation with Michael Carnuccio on FOX 25.

Catoosa teacher fired

I have no doubt that her heart was in the right place, but still -- you cannot put students in the trunk of your car.

The story of rural charter schools

'Dying on the vine'

Black students in Oklahoma City, that is. Says the local superintendent: "If we don't intervene and do something now, then we know their pathway."

Public money to -- gasp -- private providers

The Tulsa World has the story. 

Oklahoma school 'was like a battleground'

"Brittany Blake, 16, went to school each day on guard; she was being targeted by bullies," Terry Hood reports from Moore.

“It was like a battleground,” she said. “A school should be a safe place, and it wasn't for me.”

Writing poetry was her refuge; detailing her daily clashes with bullies.

“People were always pushing me into lockers, knocked me down, knocked stuff out of my hands,” Brittany said.

Physical abuse she documented with pictures, but kept secret from her family, including her mother, Vicky.

“We live with the girl every day and we didn't have a clue,” Vicky said. She said, looking back, she didn't pay attention to the signs.

“She'd wear heavy makeup, I guess, and long sleeves when it was warm outside, said it was cold in the classrooms, so she'd wear a jacket to hide her bruises,” Vicky said.

Brittany eventually left her central Oklahoma school and started a homebound program, but the bullying followed her on social media.

The preschool mirage

"Families, not universal preschool, matter most for children's well-being," write Lindsey M. Burke and Rachel Sheffield.

Shakira and preschool

Hips don’t lie, but numbers do.

Beware regulatory creep

ESAs are providing a tailor-made education for students

Kate Scanlon has the story.

The next chapter in educational choice: ESAs