5.24.2022

The Frontier Newspaper Blasts Oklahoma's Every Kid Counts For Not Disclosing Its Donors, But There's More

 

https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/billionaire-philanthropists-pushing-charter-schools-and-school-vouchers-also-fund-oklahomas-secretary-of-educations-six-figure-salary/

Though The Frontier blasts Every Kid Counts Oklahoma (EKCO) for not disclosing their donors, the real story here appears to be that an Oklahoma non-profit embroiled in controversy on several levels has no publicly-filed 990 since 2019.  Though there are Republicans who might dismiss information ferreted out by The Frontier as 'biased' or 'ax-grinding', the research I've been doing independently for some time, supports most reports made by The Frontier.

4.07.2022

Far Left American Library Association Urges EVERYONE To Report "Threats To The Freedom To Read" While Defending 10 Most Challenged Books


Today I opened the American Libraries Association (ALA) "State Of American Libraries Report" to find that not only is the ALA rabidly defending sexually explicit texts, ALA President Patty Wong reminds readers that, "ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom encourages everyone to report any and all challenges to materials, online resources (including databases), programs, speakers, displays, reading lists, and author visits. No matter is too insignificant."

3.08.2022

Sports VS Education - Do We Really Care About Education As Much As We Do Sports?


Not long ago, I off-handedly created a meme that went viral. It basically said that if Oklahomans worried more about the education of our children than who was going to be OU's next head coach, we'd start taking our country back.

3.07.2022

Parents Have To Parent - It's A Tough Job To Be Sure - But No One Can Do It But You

 

This morning I read a horrible news story about a 12yo girl who was beaten and tortured by 2 other 12yo girls at what was supposed to be a 'sleep over. That is a horrible situation and the girls must be punished - but let's talk honestly here.

3.04.2022

Is SB1647 (Education Voucher) Now Only For Homeschooling Families? An Analysis.

 

Often, it takes hours to really read a bill because it's important to look up associated laws and terms that may not be obvious to the reader. Then it requires reading passages over and over and comparing them to other passages to make sure of context. Truly, to do it right, each bill requires a substantial time investment to read properly. And to think - legislators must read hundreds of bills during just one half  of session alone...