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National and Oklahoma Republican leaders back parental choice in education; so should Oklahoma leaders

A speech by President Ronald Reagan about parental choice in education forms the framework of this video montage, which begins with remarks from Republican presidential candidates Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, John Kasich, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, and Scott Walker, all...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 19, 2015 1:03 AM

Oklahoma school choice event a big success

State of the Union Address notwithstanding, hundreds of Oklahomans turned out for tonight's National School Choice Week event at UCO. We heard remarks by State Superintendent Janet Barresi, former Congressman J. C. Watts, State Sen. Gary Stanislawski, Jeff Reed of the Friedman Institute, and political reporter John Fund (on book...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 24, 2012 10:41 PM

National School Choice Week forum in Edmond tonight, January 24, 2012

A reminder that tonight, Tuesday, January 24, 2012, is Oklahoma's National School Choice Week event, "Restoring American Exceptionalism, an Oklahoma Town Hall," at UCO in Edmond, tonight at 7 p.m. Speakers include John Fund from the Wall Street Journal, State Superintendent Janet Barresi, former Congressman J. C. Watts, and Tulsa...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 23, 2012 10:42 PM

John Fund, J. C. Watts at Oklahoma School Choice event, January 24, 2012

BatesLine is proud to welcome a new advertiser about a topic near and dear to our hearts: school choice. John Fund from the Wall Street Journal, State Superintendent Janet Barresi, and former Congressman J. C. Watts will be speaking later this month, at Restoring American Exceptionalism, Oklahoma's National School Choice...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 10, 2012 1:19 AM

<em>The Cartel, The Lottery, Waiting for "Superman"</em> available online

Three recent documentaries critical of K-12 education in America are now available for online viewing. Each film dramatizes the failures of public education, the efforts by lower-income parents to secure a better education for their children, and the ways that bureaucracy and entrenched interest groups work to thwart those efforts....

Posted by Michael Bates on December 12, 2011 10:34 PM

Sand Springs school board blasts special-needs vouchers

Yet another Tulsa-area school board has voiced support for the lawsuit by Jenks and Union school districts to strike down the law that provides for adequate education for Oklahoma children with special needs. The Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship Act allows parents of a special-needs child to transfer some of the...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 15, 2011 11:22 PM

Mitch Daniels to headline OCPA Tulsa gala, October 6, 2011

The Oklahoma Council for Public Affairs (OCPA), a free-market think-tank focused on state policy, will hold its annual gala here in Tulsa, on October 6, 2011, at the Renaissance Hotel. Keynote speaker for the event is Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels. Single-seat tickets for the gala begin at $125 (of which...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 27, 2011 11:28 PM