Choice Remarks
Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Good news on alternative teacher certification

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Men and women certified through the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence (ABCTE) are now allowed to teach in Oklahoma pub...

Strange bedfellows

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In a perceptive new blog post, David Blatt at the Oklahoma Policy Institute points out that on educational issues in Oklahoma, "old as...
Tuesday, April 28, 2009

The facts about school choice

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The Alliance for School Choice has just released an excellent set of fact sheets .

Not as good as you think

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Citing a new study by the consulting firm McKinsey & Company, Thomas Friedman writes in The New York Times about "how far we hav...
Monday, April 27, 2009

School choice: A weapon in the war on poverty

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"What is needed to liberate families from the stain of poverty is individual educational empowerment in the form of universal school ch...

Virtual choices

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"Oklahoma students looking for alternatives to get their high school diplomas now have options of online and university-run schools to ...
Sunday, April 26, 2009

Don't trouble me with evidence, I have 'no doubt'

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In her latest column , state Superintendent Sandy Garrett announced that Oklahoma school districts are starting to receive the first round o...

From homeschooling to Harvard Law

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In a recent interview , homeschool graduate Lindsay See said homeschooling has prepared her well for the Harvard Law School: Classes are cha...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Charter schools as civil rights issue

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As state Rep. Jabar Shumate (D-Tulsa) never tires of repeating, providing educational opportunity for all children is the civil rights issu...
Monday, April 20, 2009

Juan Williams outraged over end of DC voucher program

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National Public Radio Sr. Correspondent and Fox News Contributor Juan Williams is angry over the Obama Administration's decision to ...
Sunday, April 19, 2009

Objectivity-strapped reporting

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"Cash-strapped school districts in three rural Oklahoma counties are eagerly awaiting the outcome of a tax case tied up for years in th...

Not to put too fine a point on it, but ...

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This according to a new book forthcoming next month from NYU Press. According to the publisher, This is how many young people of color call...
Saturday, April 18, 2009

Horace Mann prophecy watch

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Horace Mann, generally regarded as the father of America's current public school system, once prophesied: "Let the Common School .....
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