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Oklahoma Academy recommendations include tax reform, budget transparency and Medicaid Expansion  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Jan-2016
Democrats press measures on voting rights, education proceeds from lottery, long-range plans for veteran health care  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
22-Jan-2016
Republican House members envision education-related policy changes for upcoming session  -  
Capitol Beat Staff Report
20-Jan-2016
Hickman outlines efforts to counter earthquake surge, and state funding challenges  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Jan-2016
Arkansas as a Tipping Point, and critiques of a one-cent sales tax hike for education  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Jan-2016
Gov. Fallin names Andy Lester to State Regents, appoints others, announces FEMA approval  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
31-Dec-2015
iOKCPS program offers personalized educational opportunities to local students  -  
Darla Shelden
27-Dec-2015
ReMerge program graduates ninth class, successful rehabilitation and recovery program continues  -  
Darla Shelden
27-Dec-2015
Capital Punishment and the Capitol Beat: 2015's Top Ten stories in Oklahoma state government  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Dec-2015
NEWS ANALYSIS: The City Sentinel: Top stories of 2015 include revenue crunch, Glossip fallout  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Dec-2015
Oklahoma State Board of Education looks at teacher shortage, A-F reports  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
21-Dec-2015
Democrats assail Republicans, blaming them for 'revenue failure'  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Dec-2015
Oklahoma State Board of Education approves changes to teacher evaluation system  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
19-Dec-2015
NEWS ANALYSIS: Scholar fears choice opportunities could be smothered in higher regulation  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Dec-2015
National group praises Oklahoma's charter school authorizing standards  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
14-Dec-2015
Istook’s Insights: Fake reports of racism, PC suicide  -  
Ernest Istook
05-Dec-2015
Oklahomans back Educational Options, School Choice high on minds of voters  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
30-Nov-2015
Gov. Fallin, Superintendent Hofmeister will host students, Foster Children for Oklahoma Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
21-Nov-2015
Istook's Insights: Limits to compassion, and the death of language  -  
Ernest Istook
21-Nov-2015
Positive Tomorrows, school for homeless children, celebrates 25 years of service  -  
CapitolBeatok Staff Report
19-Nov-2015
Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association touts results of economic impact study  -  
Staff Report
18-Nov-2015
Istook's Insights: Bad lessons from the University of Missouri resignation  -  
Ernest Istook
17-Nov-2015
State Education Department forms task force in response to fraud in Swink, Oklahoma  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
16-Nov-2015
After Paris: Rep. Wesselhoft joins OU students for city event, OCU hosts dialogue  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
16-Nov-2015
Editor's Notebook: Cathy's grace, AJ touts progress reducing juvenile incarceration, Anastasia looks at Kindergarten preparation  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
16-Nov-2015
Oklahoma House of Representatives gathers for special interim meeting  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
02-Nov-2015
New Oklahoma state laws take effect  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
31-Oct-2015
Sen. Jolley touts agreement to relocate Medical Examiner's office  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
14-Oct-2015
Rep. Claudia Griffith encourages teacher pay raise; Rep. Randy McDaniel also has ideas  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
04-Oct-2015
Rep. James Lockhart will not seek re-election  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
22-Sep-2015
Istook's Insights: California Colleges threaten free speech, rise of the mavericks  -  
Ernest Istook
19-Sep-2015
COMMENTARY State Budget Cuts Result in Lower Services, Higher Fees  -  
Joe Dorman
15-Sep-2015
Insight: Moral decay is at the heart of plummeting student test scores  -  
Ernest Istook
11-Sep-2015
Oct. 18-22 training: OU plans 'Resilience Development' certification  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Sep-2015
Education News: Modest jump in core scores, hashtag catches on, Hofmeister names key aides  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
03-Sep-2015
Everybody's life matters.  -  
Ernest Istook
01-Sep-2015
Oklahoma County Elected Officials College Fair garners large turnout  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-Sep-2015
Baboons in our midst and Fort Reno's “redundant, outdated and duplicative” research -- Tax dollars at work?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-Aug-2015
Oklahoma House Speaker Jeffrey Hickman and education reform champ Jason Nelson question Hofmeister's ACT decision  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
20-Aug-2015
Oklahoma Superintendent Joy Hofmeister announces all High School Juniors can take ACT  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
20-Aug-2015
Teachers share the importance of AG in the classroom  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
19-Aug-2015
ASTEC Charter Schools to benefit from September 24 gala  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
17-Aug-2015
Oklahoma County Black Elected Officials College Fair scheduled for August 29  -  
CapitolBeat Staff Report
13-Aug-2015
EXCERPT: Skullduggery! Inspector Wesselhoft and the case of the purloined painting  -  
Wayne Greene, The Tulsa World
08-Aug-2015
Wesselhöft presses for inspection of 'Shepherdess' painting  -  
Staff Report
08-Aug-2015
Oklahoma Legislative Caucus will focus on education, public safety  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
29-Jul-2015
Rep. Wesselhöft Publicizes Letter from Owner of Stolen Jewish Painting Held by OU  -  
Staff Report
18-Jul-2015
A test of character for O.U.  -  
Craig Rainey
29-Jun-2015
Senator Nathan Dahm's annual assessment of the Legislature  -  
David Van Risseghem
21-Jun-2015
Oklahoma Presidential Scholar, was once homeless  -  
CapitolbeatOK Staff Report
19-Jun-2015
Speaker Hickman to sort through 122 Interim Study proposals  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
19-Jun-2015
Osborn sketches “one of the strangest” legislative sessions ever, Morrissette calls it “unbelievably bad”  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
08-Jun-2015
Wesselhoft resolution presses for return of stolen art  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
27-May-2015
Oklahoma Democratic leaders blast 2015 Legislature's final budget, Republican agenda  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-May-2015
Miracle or Providence? Oklahoma House unanimously encourages OU to return 'Shepherdess'  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-May-2015
Working late, to leave early: Oklahoma state budget proposal assailed but may pass soon  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-May-2015
Superintendent Hofmeister touts small decrease in 'unsatisfactory' number for third-grade reading tests  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
17-May-2015
Lawmakers File Resolution Calling for Return of Stolen Jewish Art  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
12-May-2015
Richard Morrissette and Leslie Osborn spar over pending Oklahoma state budget  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
10-May-2015
'Woman in Gold' grants humanity and dignity to Jews whose family art treasures were looted by Nazis  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-May-2015
This Journalist's Creed: In Love, Meeting Jesus, Along The Way  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-May-2015
Gov. Mary Fallin signs Denney-Jolley charter school expansion  -  
Staff Report
25-Apr-2015
Jolley-Denny bill expanding charter opportunities to all public school districts heads to Governor Fallin's desk  -  
Staff Report
16-Apr-2015
State House advances expansion of public charter schools  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
16-Apr-2015
Theatre OCU remembers OKC bombing through original play by Steve Gilroy  -  
Darla Shelden, The City Sentinel
13-Apr-2015
At OCU, Powerful Prose Examines Powerful Surveillance  -  
Staff Report
11-Apr-2015
COMMENTARY: Remember the KIDS? Is it for them, or for something else?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-Apr-2015
Lankford promotes school choice as key player in D.C. oversight  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-Apr-2015
Istook's Insights: The promotion, protection and power of words  -  
Ernest Istook
08-Apr-2015
LESSON PLAN: Understanding public charter schools, in one easy lesson  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Apr-2015
4-H Day at the state Capitol set for April 7, "Kids helping Kids" continues  -  
Darla Shelden
05-Apr-2015
ASTEC Charter School students garner notable honors  -  
Staff Report
05-Apr-2015
Is $8,804 per pupil enough?  -  
Brandon Dutcher
04-Apr-2015
Hofmeister says school district cannot require attendance at annual rally  -  
CapitolBeatOK News Update
28-Mar-2015
COMMENTARY: In D.C., 'jolly' bipartisan coalition throws a life preserver to school choice -- in Oklahoma, Republicans help sink it  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Mar-2015
Oklahoma school teachers could benefit from income tax exemption  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Mar-2015
Editor's Notebook: Education standards, academic testing and school choice  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
17-Mar-2015
Responses to the Fraternity video  -  
The City Sentinel Staff
10-Mar-2015
State Capitol voices unite to decry racist fraternity chant  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-Mar-2015
State House advances OHLAP measure, changes in A-F system  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
10-Mar-2015
OCU President Robert Henry joins iCivics board chaired by Justice O'Connor  -  
Darla Shelden
10-Mar-2015
Superintendent Hofmeister announces $837,000 in grants for AVID schools  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Mar-2015
Program Analysis: Through 'Special Care,' Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships reach more children  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Mar-2015
In Oklahoma visit, Rabbi Riskin describes his work in Israel, decries ISIS terror around the world  -  
William F. O'Brien
22-Feb-2015
Rabbi Riskin announces historic curriculum for Israeli schools during visit to Oklahoma  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Feb-2015
Rep. Sean Roberts presses measures to increase college graduates, use TSET funds for endowed chairs  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
19-Feb-2015
Oklahoma state Rep. Ann Coody explains her opposition to school choice  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
17-Feb-2015
Oklahoma’s Opportunity to End Political Organizing  -  
Mark Costello, Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor
17-Feb-2015
Measures advancing in state House: Athletic Safety, Conservation, Scholarships, Mandate controls  -  
Staff Report
15-Feb-2015
Oklahoma Schools Superintendent Hofmeister eliminates field tests for this year's state writing exams  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Feb-2015
In memory yet green: Ronald Reagan at 105  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Feb-2015
COMMENTARY Gov. Fallin campaigned on the economy, now she has to live with it  -  
Joe Dorman
04-Feb-2015
The 2015 State of the State Address  -  
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin
02-Feb-2015
Rep. Perryman would make the ACT the state's final exam  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
02-Feb-2015
Rep. Morrissette and Rep. Osborn discuss budget, rainy day fund and other pending issues  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
01-Feb-2015
A conversation starter: Are public schools accountable or efficient? If not, what can be done?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Jan-2015
Oklahoma City University hosts Forum on Citizen-Police Interactions  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
17-Jan-2015
Letters from America: Starting a New Year with confidence  -  
Barack H. Obama
17-Jan-2015
Legislators file bill to revise reading sufficiency standards  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Reporter
17-Jan-2015
Editor’s Notebook: OCPA choice tours, OCU leads, Ben Carson boosts home educators, Fallin hails ‘diverse schooling’ options  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-Jan-2015
Mary Fallin delivers second inaugural address  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
12-Jan-2015
For Kids: Tear Down That Wall  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-Jan-2015
Oklahoma City’s ASTEC charter school gains ‘excellence’ distinction  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-Jan-2015
House Minority Leader Scott Inman names Democratic members to committee posts  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-Jan-2015
Senator Jabar Shumate resigns from Legislature  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
31-Dec-2014
Oklahoma City's Top 10 Stories – 2014 in review, from The City Sentinel  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan The City Sentinel
29-Dec-2014
Freshman Democratic legislator presses measures he says will support middle class  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
26-Dec-2014
Senate President Pro Tempore Brian Bingman announces Republican committee assignments  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
17-Dec-2014
Your Vote Counts: Administrative Consolidation, OSSAA, AG/Big Oil Alliance, mascot debated  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
17-Dec-2014
Oklahoma Speaker of the House Jeff Hickman announces committee leadership for 2015  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
15-Dec-2014
Matters of principle, matters of power: When bureaucrats assert they understand children better than parents  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-Dec-2014
Let me count the ways: Public money flowing to private schools  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Dec-2014
Barresi welcomes restoration of federal education waiver allowing curriculum flexibility  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
25-Nov-2014
Sen. Brian Crain announces bond packages for eternal education trusts  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff report
20-Nov-2014
ANALYSIS Something old and something new: In the perfect storm, Nelson and school choice supporters not blue  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Nov-2014
Senate Study outlines options for cost savings in Oklahoma's school districts  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
12-Nov-2014
COMMENTARY: Why early childhood education supporters should back school choice  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Nov-2014
Editor's Notebook: Early voting to begin, OCU launches new M.A. in teaching program, Reynolds has questions  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-Oct-2014
Barresi calls on feds to restore flexibility waiver  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
21-Oct-2014
Fallin touts economics, Dorman points to education agenda  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Oct-2014
When ‘dark’ brings light: “First Amendment expenditures’ yield school choice victories  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-Oct-2014
Watching Joe and Mary run … is kinda fun  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-Oct-2014
COMMENTARY: OCU continues to honor Clara Luper’s legacy  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Sep-2014
Oklahoma City University Ranked Among Nation's Top Schools  -  
Staff Report
09-Sep-2014
Honoring Clara Luper and supporting Oklahoma City University, Turpen takes time  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Sep-2014
Scott Inman: Democrats ‘disappointed, not surprised’ at loss of education waiver  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
01-Sep-2014
Joy Hofmeister assails federal slap at Oklahoma-based education standards  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
28-Aug-2014
Black and white, and read all over: School choice more compelling than ever  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Aug-2014
All Oklahoma Federation for Children candidates prevail, Strohm upsets Abdo in HD 69  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
27-Aug-2014
Louisiana legislators examine Common Core with Rep. Nelson and Sen. Brecheen  -  
Staff Report
23-Aug-2014
Oklahoma requests extension of education flexibility waiver  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
13-Aug-2014
In Town Halls, meetings and interviews, U.S. Senator Tom Coburn begins a long goodbye  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
05-Aug-2014
Pat McGuigan plans to intensify his focus on state and local journalism  -  
Staff Report
01-Aug-2014
State Education Department begins development of new academic standards  -  
Staff Report
20-Jul-2014
Education & Workforce Sec. Robert Sommers to retire  -  
Staff Report
15-Jul-2014
American Federation for Children aims to advance school choice in Oklahoma  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Jul-2014
Rebuffing Arne Duncan, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin defends repeal of Common Core  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
16-Jun-2014
Wednesday’s work: Governor signs two bills, vetoes five  -  
House Minority Staff
06-Jun-2014
Gov. Mary Fallin signs bill repealing Common Core in Oklahoma  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Jun-2014
Gov. Fallin must decide this week to sign or veto legislation repealing Common Core  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Jun-2014
NEWS UPDATE: COMMON CORE REPEAL HEADS TO FALLIN’S DESK  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
23-May-2014
NEWS UPDATE: COMMON CORE REPEAL CLEARS OKLAHOMA HOUSE  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
23-May-2014
Legislature overrides Gov. Mary Fallin’s veto, new law erodes third grade reading requirement  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-May-2014
Reading Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin’s ‘tough love’ -- Veto boosts reformers, sparks bi-partisan criticism  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-May-2014
For a better economy, Funk advocates “transformational mobility” in education, government  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-May-2014
Express Employment CEO, Bob Funk, Sr., cautions “College is not for everyone”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-May-2014
ANALYSIS: OK House Speaker Jeff Hickman steers conservative course  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Apr-2014
Would OK Common Core repeal be a ‘tipping point’ in national debate?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
31-Mar-2014
Common Core crusaders comment on controversial curriculum’s collapse  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
25-Mar-2014
As Indiana goes, so goes Oklahoma: Common Core curriculum support collapses in the Sooner State  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-Mar-2014
State Sens. Brecheen and Sykes advance measure to assure high standards under state control  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
22-Mar-2014
Critics of Common Core press their advantage on St. Pat’s Day  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Mar-2014
Some drama: Legislature advances bills to repeal Common Core, protect e-cigs and finance prison alternatives  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Mar-2014
Nationalized Common Core is a takeover of education  -  
Commissioner Mark Costello
11-Mar-2014
Oklahoma Education Savings Accounts nixed, for now  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Mar-2014
Democratic gubernatorial candidate declares opposition to Common Core in Oklahoma  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Feb-2014
Analysis: OK Republicans to squabble over agency cuts, lower taxes, energy incentives  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Feb-2014
Governor Mary Fallin's State of the State Address  -  
Staff Report
03-Feb-2014
Seeking more positive tomorrows, Oklahoma school choice leaders push Arizona model  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Jan-2014
Remembering the man who helped make real ‘the promises of democracy’  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Jan-2014
The Top 10 moments of government waste from 2013  -  
Dustin Hurst
03-Jan-2014
A million stories in Oklahoma City -- including 2013’s top 10  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Jan-2014
From the state capitol beat, Oklahoma’s Top 10 public policy stories  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-Dec-2013
New study counters health arguments against e-cigarettes  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Nov-2013
A-F grades released: Big City ‘supers’ offer starkly different response  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
07-Nov-2013
Phyllis Schlafly hopes conservatives can stop ObamaCare, Common Core  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Nov-2013
Hopefuls lining up to challenge OK Schools Superintendent Janet Barresi  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
05-Nov-2013
COMMENTARY: Fighting over the grading of OK schools, from A to F  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-Nov-2013
Oklahoma Interim Study: Family structure key factor in economic growth  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Oct-2013
Arizona Education Savings Accounts aren’t vouchers, study says  -  
Mary C. Tillotson, Watchdog.org
12-Oct-2013
Common Core, or a common cause -- ‘Concentrate on issues that unite us, and divide the left’  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-Oct-2013
COMMENTARY: America is choosing education freedom, as the future rushes in  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Oct-2013
With new private sector support and proven achievement, Oklahoma charter schools posed for growth  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-Sep-2013
University of Oklahoma won't cut hours to avoid Obamacare regs, but one small college implements limits  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Sep-2013
New analysis of public school spending leaves out local spending  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Sep-2013
In testing results, more bad news for Oklahoma public education  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-Sep-2013
Red Flag Analysis: OK Rogers State University, where defaults exceed graduations, gets entrepreneurial grant from the feds  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
29-Aug-2013
Cato Institute gives F- to state public education spending transparency  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Aug-2013
Records show Higher Ed Board sweetens pot for employees  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Aug-2013
Odilia Dank was ‘loved and admired’ – her services this weekend  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-Aug-2013
Remembering Odilia Dank -- a graceful lady, and an Army of one  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Aug-2013
Dueling Denunciations: Rainy Day cash, Nursing Home standards  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Aug-2013
COMMENTARY: With scores of important storylines, ‘citizen journalism’ is working  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Aug-2013
COMMENTARY: School Spending Up, Student Achievement Flat  -  
Patrick B.McGuigan
07-Aug-2013
Gov. Mary Fallin announces national education and training agenda, as Democrats seek a credible opponent  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Aug-2013
Milton Friedman honored, as Oklahoma’s special needs children are ‘Free to Choose’  -  
PatrickB. McGuigan
01-Aug-2013
Early childhood education advocate Dr. Ramona Paul dies  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Jul-2013
Editor’s Notebook: Anti-war rally, Common Core conundrum, mayoral maneuvers in OKC, Taiwan ties  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-Jun-2013
Legislative opposition to Common Core Curriculum intensifies  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-May-2013
Senate clears omnibus budget, Gov. Fallin will sign soon  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-May-2013
State House sends $7.2 billion budget to Senate, ‘early’ adjournment discussed  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-May-2013
Editor’s Notebook: Johnson’s apology, foreign laws, tightening ROPE  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Apr-2013
Fallin signs School Security laws  -  
Staff Report
16-Apr-2013
Editor’s Notebook: Closing time, lobbying day, haze hearing, hard core on Common Core  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-Mar-2013
Bingman’s modest agenda grows more complex as session advances  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-Feb-2013
Reactions to Fallin’s “State of the State” run the gamut  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Feb-2013
Governor Mary Fallin’s 2013 State of the State address  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
04-Feb-2013
State Auditor Gary Jones hit the ground running – and hasn’t let up  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Jan-2013
Framing the Picture: Speaker Shannon makes history, as outline of 2013 legislative session emerges  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Jan-2013
Oklahoma City's Top 10 stories: Devon makes history, OCU expands, and the Thunder rolls  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
29-Dec-2012
Editor’s Notebook: Bennington superintendent to challenge Barresi, Ridley retires (in part), school safety commission formed  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Dec-2012
What is Truth? The prism for all things, and the soul of education  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-Dec-2012
The Sum of All Fears – “Victory!”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Nov-2012
Facebook fans have their say in final match  -  
Watchdog.org
23-Oct-2012
DEBATE: Hostility at Hofstra ends in a draw?  -  
Watchdog.org
17-Oct-2012
As American as apple pie -- a film, a parable, a message of hope  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
17-Oct-2012
Is Big Brother watching us through our students?  -  
Stacy Martin
15-Oct-2012
DEBATE: Romney wins in Denver by TKO  -  
Watchdog.org
04-Oct-2012
Oklahoma’s Online college revolution to leave empire builders with big bills  -  
Stacy Martin
02-Oct-2012
Student performance slipping despite cash thrown into public education  -  
Stacy Martin
26-Sep-2012
Conservative policy advisor leaves Superintendent Barresi’s staff  -  
Stacy Martin and Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Sep-2012
COMMENTARY: Can the Legislature do more than one thing at a time?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Sep-2012
Teachers’ union dumps its ‘common ground’ lobbyist  -  
Stacy Martin
17-Sep-2012
Common Education: Administrative costs under fire  -  
Stacy Martin
04-Sep-2012
Kay Floyd gives hope to Democrats, but Republican surge continues in runoffs  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
30-Aug-2012
COMMENTARY: “Who built that?” A grandson’s question sparks reflections on economic liberty  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Aug-2012
Impact of Henry Scholarships subject of documentary film  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-Jul-2012
Education funding and policy a major focus of 2012 state Senate Interim Studies  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
17-Jul-2012
Kern, Morrissette, McDaniel, Murphey and other House members to lead significant interim study committees  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Jul-2012
In Fifth District congressional race, challenger Tom Guild presses Democratic themes  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Jun-2012
Tulsa law firm Rosenstein Fist Reingold contracts with public schools -- “A fist full of dollars”?  -  
Stacy L. Martin Special Projects Editor
22-Jun-2012
Becket Fund brief supports parents of children with special needs  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
19-Jun-2012
Higher Education and higher spending -- Fallin signs three bills  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
07-Jun-2012
High performing home-schooled students enter the University of Oklahoma academically prepared and socially adept  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
06-Jun-2012
Senate Democrats revel in collapse of tax cuts, decry “missed opportunities”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-May-2012
Fallin and legislative leaders announce budget accord  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
22-May-2012
A-F grading for schools – still a bone of contention  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
12-May-2012
From concern to activism: Tulsa woman organizes friends, allies to favor education spending  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
12-May-2012
Blatt battles income tax reductions, builds Oklahoma Policy Institute  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-Apr-2012
Commentary: Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal emerges as education reform leader  -  
William F. O’Brien
26-Apr-2012
As controversy mounts, Oklahoma City woman hires attorney to field questions about relationship with Jay Parmley  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Apr-2012
Mr. Papahronis Goes to Washington  -  
Billie Rodely
07-Apr-2012
Education analysts respond critically to OU graduation rate disclosures  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Apr-2012
Four-year student graduation rate at the University of Oklahoma is 35.7 percent  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
30-Mar-2012
At a Capitol Blue Room event, AT&T announces expansion of “Aspire” grant program to boost high school graduation, college and career preparation  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
29-Mar-2012
State officials respond to Tulsa’s anti-choice legal decision  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
27-Mar-2012
In ruling on lawsuit against parents brought by Union and Jenks public schools, Tulsa judge kills Oklahoma’s special needs scholarship program  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
27-Mar-2012
Editor’s Notebook: Smart Start, “Super” critiques, Jabar the bridge-builder, tutors and waivers  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Mar-2012
Fox and sound: Spelling it out  -  
Stacy Martin
08-Mar-2012
Auditor Jones finds “much bigger problem” in audit of pre-Barresi management and practices at Education Department  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Mar-2012
Steele discusses wide range of issues with reporters, is “extremely encouraged” by justice reinvestment intiative's advance in the Legislature  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Mar-2012
Analysis: Teachers association seeks $100 million in teacher raises although existing school district spending patterns reflect questionable expenditures  -  
Stacy Martin and Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Feb-2012
Rep. Jason Nelson suggests alternative to litigation in fight over failing schools  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
22-Feb-2012
Conservatives remain critical of Common Core  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
22-Feb-2012
On Education Week blog, curriculum analyst blasts No Child Left Behind waivers  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
13-Feb-2012
Controversy swirls around state’s acceptance of President Obama’s waiver  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
10-Feb-2012
Barresi touts NCLB reauthorization, applauds NCLB waiver, lists major reforms  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Feb-2012
The No Child Left Behind waiver for Oklahoma draws both cheers and jeers  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
09-Feb-2012
Senator Anderson questions Higher Ed bonding for Medical Examiner's Office at UCO  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Feb-2012
President Pro Temp Bingman details Republican agenda in CapitolBeatOK interview  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-Feb-2012
State of the State Address 2012  -  
Governor Mary Fallin
06-Feb-2012
Editor’s Notebook: Barresi adds pilot program, Bush joins OCPA, Guild runs again in Fifth C.D.  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-Feb-2012
Analysis: Oklahoma Education Association inadvertently reveals lower membership total than leaders assert  -  
Stacy Martin
29-Jan-2012
Oklahoma Education Association income plummets $1 million in past year  -  
Stacy Martin
27-Jan-2012
National School Choice advocates cheer Oklahoma event  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-Jan-2012
District 4 Board candidate Crystal Hodges touts fiscal accountability, homeschool experiences  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-Jan-2012
Patrick Gaines promotes local control, Barresi's waiver request, technology and charter schools  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
25-Jan-2012
Editor’s Notebook: tax rate cut surges, Barresi believes, Reynolds responds  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Jan-2012
Laura Massenat, Oklahoma City school board candidate, supports choice, better nutrition and Core Curriculum  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Jan-2012
Oklahoma City to host Jan. 24 “town hall” during National School Choice Week  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
18-Jan-2012
Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Lamb advocates moving school board elections to November  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-Jan-2012
Auditor Gary Jones summarizes education department findings  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
12-Jan-2012
Comings and goings in the News: Boeing, Langston, Laster  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
05-Jan-2012
Leading CapitolBeatOK’s top 10 for 2011: pension reform, economic boom, proposed income tax phase-out  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
28-Dec-2011
Economy, weather, anti-discrimination ordinance lead list of 2011's top Oklahoma City stories  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-Dec-2011
Oklahoma Watchdog’s Peter J. Rudy analyzes surging superintendent salaries  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-Dec-2011
Steele outlines process to allow Oklahoma taxpayers to keep “money that rightfully belongs to them”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-Dec-2011
Not so routine: Board of Equalization funds OHLAP, but designates use of agency reserve  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Dec-2011
Consensus-building vital to fixing common education, says new Barresi chief of staff  -  
Stacy Martin
19-Dec-2011
Third Educare site construction begins in Tulsa  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
17-Dec-2011
Fallin finds Obama grant decision “disappointing” – Superintendent Barresi presses for more spending, board edges forward on evaluation model  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
16-Dec-2011
Obama administration rebuffs Oklahoma's early childhood education grant submission  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
16-Dec-2011
Conflict over teacher evaluation system emerges in Barresi-Ballard exchange  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Dec-2011
State Education department spokesman: Barresi anticipates low costs for implementing “Common Core”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-Dec-2011
POE’s Ginger Tinney calls Superintendent Barresi’s hiring of OEA leader “astounding”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
05-Dec-2011
Superintendent Barresi’s communications director, Damon Gardenhire, takes on policy advisor’s role  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
02-Dec-2011
Sources: Superintendent Janet Barresi to hire OEA leader as top aide  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
02-Dec-2011
Governor Fallin plans to consult university officials about airplane use  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Nov-2011
Analyzing patterns: How, and for whom, the NEA PAC spends members’ money  -  
Stacy Martin and Patrick B. McGuigan
17-Nov-2011
Kaiser Family Foundation boosts early childhood education programs  -  
Staff Report
12-Nov-2011
Advocates call for more public school reform, expanded choice and options  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
04-Nov-2011
Editor’s Notebook: Tinker a focal point, ObamaCare unpopular, “race to the top” critics, waiver worries  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-Nov-2011
Phyllis Schlafly decries “Race to the Top” grant process, assesses presidential field, looks back fondly at Robert Taft, Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
31-Oct-2011
Fallin announces more appointments  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
18-Oct-2011
State Supt. Janet Barresi names Deputy Superintendent, Indian Education director  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
13-Oct-2011
Heritage Foundation analyst warns of risks in taking federal education grant dollars  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Oct-2011
OCPA scholars respond to Fallin appointee’s attack on higher education study  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Oct-2011
Bipartisan group of state House members scrutinize Kindergarten starting date  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-Oct-2011
Superintendent Barresi leads opposition to Rep. Johnson’s bill to delay Kindergarten start date  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-Oct-2011
Rose State College President earned $212,000 in Fiscal Year 2010  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
04-Oct-2011
Personnel costs at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M were over $9 million in Fiscal Year 2010  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
04-Oct-2011
President at Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton was paid $125,000 in Fiscal Year 2010  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Oct-2011
Tuesday’s state House interim study examines kindergarten cutoff date  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Oct-2011
Getting The Low-Down On Higher Ed  -  
Billie Rodely
29-Sep-2011
War of the words intensifies as superintendents try to kill special needs scholarships  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
29-Sep-2011
“Green Eggs and Ham” Mary Fallin reads -- and advocates for state children’s needs  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Sep-2011
Business, civic groups, early childhood education advocates back Fallin administration's decision to seek Obama administration grant  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Sep-2011
Oklahomans ambivalent about early childhood programs, teachers critical of three-year-old programs and Obama grant  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Sep-2011
Seminole State President James Utterback was paid $211,416 in Fiscal Year 2010  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy L. Martin
27-Sep-2011
Twenty state government employees at Tulsa Community College earned over $100,000 a year  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
26-Sep-2011
Oklahoma City Community College: 12 employees earned more than $100,000 a year  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy L. Martin
23-Sep-2011
Todd Lamb, Ed Shadid offer support as Brown Mackie College – Oklahoma City holds grand opening  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-Sep-2011
Fallin, Higher Ed officials unveil “degree completion” plan  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
23-Sep-2011
Treasurer Ken Miller urges accounting group to keep pension obligation focus on the state, not local school districts  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-Sep-2011
Fallin, Barresi seek $60 million early childhood learning grant from Obama administration  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Sep-2011
Connors State pays college president more than governor, campus spending up 42 percent since 2003  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Sep-2011
Governor Fallin announces 11 more appointments  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
14-Sep-2011
Back to the Future for OSU-Tulsa and Langston-Tulsa  -  
Billie Rodely
13-Sep-2011
Junior college in Poteau had nearly $9 million payroll in Fiscal year 2010  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
13-Sep-2011
At Oklahoma’s Murray State College, payroll totaled $6,544,046 in Fiscal Year 2010  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
13-Sep-2011
Western Oklahoma president earns more than $100,000, campus budget doubles in a decade  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
12-Sep-2011
Jenks & Union schools assailed for “vendetta” against children with special needs  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
08-Sep-2011
Three Cameron University employees earn more than Gov. Fallin, four others top $100,000 in annual pay  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Sep-2011
Oklahoma school choice leader takes leading role in National School Choice Week 2012  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy L. Martin
02-Sep-2011
Oklahoma figures prominently in national analyses touting “The Year of School Choice”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy L. Martin
02-Sep-2011
Efficiency and Effectiveness of Oklahoma Higher Education under study  -  
Billie Rodely
26-Aug-2011
Former governor and wife honored as “champs for children,” early childhood policies advocated at Smart Start conference  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-Aug-2011
Oklahoma Education Association keeps generous benefits and pay raises while members face more suffering  -  
Stacy Martin
23-Aug-2011
Higher Education dominates Oklahoma’s high-end public salaries  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Aug-2011
School readiness partnership plans to make recommendations to Governor Mary Fallin  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Aug-2011
Strong majority of likely voters prefer tax relief over early childhood programs, pre-school  -  
Bill Shapard
19-Aug-2011
Educators, analysts continue to study Oklahoma's flat performance on ACT tests  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
17-Aug-2011
National ACT data indicates “much improvement still needed”  -  
Staff Report
17-Aug-2011
State superintendent, Oklahoma City union leader respond to ACT data  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
17-Aug-2011
ACT by the numbers: Oklahoma students average in the region, below national averages  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
17-Aug-2011
Oklahoma Higher Education exemption subject of legislative interim study  -  
Billie Rodely
11-Aug-2011
A new world? No, says Union lobby chief who lists conservative interests on his Facebook page  -  
Stacy Martin
09-Aug-2011
Digital education and the lessons of history: a conference summary  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-Aug-2011
Online learning and the theory of disruptive innovation: Recent history, and a hopeful future  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-Aug-2011
Digital education is focus of OCPA symposium at History Center  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
27-Jul-2011
State’s largest teachers union ready to take on school districts after loss of “trial de novo” option  -  
Stacy Martin and Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Jul-2011
In GASB exposure drafts, school districts must account for teacher pension liabilities  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-Jul-2011
Legislative leaders approve important interim studies, including education policy questions  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-Jul-2011
The OEA and other state NEA affiliates facing harsher realities, national leadership says  -  
Stacy Martin and Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Jul-2011
Sen. Rice leads new wave of legislative Democrats assailing Barresi's priorities, practices  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-Jul-2011
Janet Barresi's “State of Education” speech  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
08-Jul-2011
Editor’s Notebook: Barresi bashing, benefits boost, farm friends, friendly gift  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-Jul-2011
KIPP Reach Academy Students reflect on their experience at the college prep school  -  
Stacy Martin
01-Jul-2011
Oklahoma City’s KIPP Academy outperforms eighth graders in every other public school in the state’s largest system  -  
Stacy Martin
30-Jun-2011
Barresi spokesman defends state schools activities fund allocations  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
30-Jun-2011
The Eyes of the Beholders: Is Oklahoma a rich state, or a poor state?  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Jun-2011
Education funding priorities criticized, alleged “conflict of interest” assailed  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
28-Jun-2011
Commentary: FCC report details fall of state, local news but offers wrong solution  -  
Jason Stverak
27-Jun-2011
Barresi, Board of Education approves portions of common education budget  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-Jun-2011
Tulsa Tech superintendent explains large fund carry-overs  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-Jun-2011
Fallin names Major General Lee Baxter to two education boards  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
21-Jun-2011
Oklahoma's largest teachers' union losing members  -  
Stacy Martin and Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Jun-2011
Fallin’s first choices: Conservative Republicans, for the most part  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
17-Jun-2011
Fallin’s first choices: One-fourth are re-appointments  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
16-Jun-2011
Higher (economics) Education, the “Bowen Rule,” and a challenge to conventional wisdom  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
14-Jun-2011
"A calming, practical influence for cooperation in race relations"  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-Jun-2011
New study challenges link between taxpayer spending on Higher Ed and economic growth  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
10-Jun-2011
Broken Arrow school audit points to problems; officials withhold (for now) sections on open records and vendor favoritism  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Jun-2011
Analysis: Oklahoma ranked twelfth in freedom among the 50 states  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
08-Jun-2011
New Higher Education Option Comes to Oklahoma City  -  
Billie Rodely
07-Jun-2011
Henry Scholarships for special needs students strengthened in new law  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
06-Jun-2011
University of Oklahoma students honored for pro-Israel activism  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Jun-2011
Governor Fallin names educator Ginger Tinney to state panel, other recent education appointments sketched  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Jun-2011
Attorney General Pruitt says two Barresi aides at Education Department did not have “de jure” or “de facto” authority  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-May-2011
Fallin names GRDA board member, May and April appointments sketched  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-May-2011
Bill benefiting classroom teachers signed into law  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
25-May-2011
Signing another school reform, Fallin says efficiency reforms could be model for managing school administrative costs  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
24-May-2011
Law to modernize state vendor payments signed on May 24  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
24-May-2011
Fallin’s flurry of favorites: Chief executive puts appointees in place for tourism, small colleges, other posts  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-May-2011
Fallin to sign several “agenda” bills Tuesday morning  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
23-May-2011
Gnawing the bone: Analyzing Oklahoma’s 2012 budget  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
21-May-2011
Speaker Kris Steele hails “breadth of accomplishments” in 2011 session  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-May-2011
TulsaTech superintendent assails Senator Judy Eason McIntyre  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-May-2011
Quote analysis: Speaker Steele, Treasurer Miller speak up and speak out  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
18-May-2011
Powerful lobbyist confronts Democratic senator over her support for Republican bill  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
16-May-2011
Despite Barresi’s support for core curriculum, some conservatives are wary  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
16-May-2011
Pro-teacher proposal for pre-K and Kindergarten readiness pending in Senate conference committee  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-May-2011
Legislative leaders and Governor Fallin announce budget outline  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-May-2011
Proposal would bring more mature students in pre-K, Kindergarten  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-May-2011
NEWS FLASH: State board enhances Superintendent Janet Barresi’s powers  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
09-May-2011
Senator Dan Newberry shepherds opportunity scholarship to passage  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
05-May-2011
By the numbers: high- and low-performing public schools in the Oklahoma City district  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
05-May-2011
NEWS FLASH: Opportunity scholarship heads to Governor Fallin  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
05-May-2011
Governor Fallin signs bills Superintendent Barresi strongly pushed  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-May-2011
Ten local superintendents are compensated more than $1,000 per student  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
03-May-2011
Analysis: 202 public school superintendents paid more than $100,000 a year  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
03-May-2011
Two more Barresi priorities head to Governor Fallin for consideration  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
02-May-2011
Fallin vetoes making Ardmore Center a branch of Southeastern OSU  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
29-Apr-2011
Former Pro Tem Cal Hobson leaves post at University of Oklahoma  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
29-Apr-2011
Bipartisan hopes: Hamilton, Denney make the case for opportunity scholarships  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
29-Apr-2011
House sends teacher retirement changes back to Senate  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
29-Apr-2011
NOTICE: POE day of history postponed  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
28-Apr-2011
Waiting for Supermen: Republicans Corey Holland, Earl Sears make the case for choice  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Apr-2011
Oklahoma Republicans form urban-rural coalition for choice, flexibility  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Apr-2011
Conservatives praise passage of Opportunity Scholarship bill  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
27-Apr-2011
Oklahoma House Democrats decry opportunity scholarship bill  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
27-Apr-2011
NEWS FLASH: Oklahoma House passes opportunity scholarship bill  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
26-Apr-2011
General Tommy Franks leads “Four Star Debate” leadership program at Oklahoma Christian University  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
24-Apr-2011
Professional Oklahoma Educators host history day; affiliated foundation honors “excellent educators”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
22-Apr-2011
Ardmore center branch campus bill goes to governor  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
21-Apr-2011
Terrill, small band of Republicans fail “Kern-servative” test  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
20-Apr-2011
Right to Read – Hooked on Phonics  -  
Billie Rodely
15-Apr-2011
House Republicans advance Kern’s bill to end social promotion  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
14-Apr-2011
Superintendent Barresi praises House move to end social promotion  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
14-Apr-2011
Speaker Steele announces standing conference committees  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
13-Apr-2011
Jeb Bush wins prestigious Bradley Prize  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-Apr-2011
Governor Fallin reappoints Joe Hall to OSU/A&M Board  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
12-Apr-2011
Fallin signs repeal of “trial de novo,” discusses issues with reporters  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
12-Apr-2011
Fallin’s signature will shift power from board to Barresi  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Apr-2011
Fallin appointments made in higher education, common education, transportation  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
08-Apr-2011
Amended Opportunity Scholarship program heads to House floor in wake of Supreme Court support for choice programs  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
08-Apr-2011
Pro Tem Brian Bingman analyzes conservative progress in Senate, including Tea Party role  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
07-Apr-2011
Superintendent Barresi testifies about 3R Agenda at Congressional Hearing  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Apr-2011
Deer Creek students wins geography bee, visits state Capitol, heads to D.C.  -  
Billie Rodely
07-Apr-2011
House sends back to Senate measure to transform state Board of Education  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
06-Apr-2011
House Committee advances measure to end “preferential treatment”  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
06-Apr-2011
Foundation for Educational Choice praises High Court’s Arizona decision  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
05-Apr-2011
Schools approach No Child Left Behind deadline; Feds say nation's schools cannot meet it  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
03-Apr-2011
Legislature sends Fallin education reforms, including end to “trial de novo” for dismissed teachers  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
02-Apr-2011
House Democrats challenge majority to “fund education first”  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
01-Apr-2011
Speaker Steele reviews advances for conservative policy agenda  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
31-Mar-2011
Fallin, Barresi and legislative Republicans outline transformational education policy reforms  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
30-Mar-2011
Jeb Bush credits school grades, educational choice for Florida Renaissance  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
30-Mar-2011
Government has no place in journalism  -  
Jason Stverak
30-Mar-2011
Senate Education committee advances bills to enhance superintendent’s power  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
28-Mar-2011
Commentary: Why private sector unions are much different from government unions  -  
Bob Williams, StateBudgetSolutions.org
28-Mar-2011
Fallin asks Republican legislators to move quickly on priorities  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Mar-2011
Americans for Prosperity state director calls for “focus” and reform  -  
Billie Rodely
24-Mar-2011
Senate Chamber to host anti-bullying rally  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
22-Mar-2011
Superintendent Barresi launches her '3R' Agenda  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
18-Mar-2011
The week (or two) that was: House Republicans highlight agenda steps  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
18-Mar-2011
Higher Education legal residency bill passes Oklahoma state Senate  -  
by Billie Rodely
16-Mar-2011
ROPE lassoes volunteers, as quietly emerging counter to 'OEA agenda'  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
16-Mar-2011
Opportunity Scholarship Act passes Oklahoma state Senate  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
16-Mar-2011
At the Capitol: OEA, Teamsters, other unions rally and lobby today  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
15-Mar-2011
Oklahoma voters in favor of making changes to higher education administration  -  
By Wesley Burt, SoonerPoll.com
10-Mar-2011
State Community Colleges Doing More With Less, OCCC president says  -  
By Billie Rodely
10-Mar-2011
House advances bill to close OTRS loophole  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Mar-2011
Reality de novo: House and Senate move to change process for dismissing bad teachers  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
09-Mar-2011
Education Department reforms move to Senate -- without emergency clause  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
08-Mar-2011
Education spending inefficiency: Outlining the challenge  -  
By Stacy Martin and Patrick B. McGuigan
03-Mar-2011
Dead before arrival: Higher Ed accountability proposal  -  
by Billie Rodely
02-Mar-2011
House sends pension accountability act to Senate  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
01-Mar-2011
House approves letter grades for schools  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
23-Feb-2011
Higher Education Day held at state Capitol, Chancellor encourages opposition to S.B. 858 (concealed carry)  -  
By Billie Rodely
23-Feb-2011
House Committee unanimously advances Steele’s Board of Ed reforms  -  
Legislative Staff Release
22-Feb-2011
Oklahomans show support for education scholarship tax credit program  -  
By Wesley Burt, SoonerPoll.com
22-Feb-2011
Board of Education reform goes to House  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
22-Feb-2011
Newberry’s scholarship measure clears Senate Committee  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Feb-2011
Sen. Mike Schulz reviews Senate week, tells reporters revenue gains 'encouraging'  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Feb-2011
Rice wants Attorney General Pruitt to study use of private pay for Education Department senior staff  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Feb-2011
Bill could boost reporting of school admin costs, advocates say  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
17-Feb-2011
Pittman on community anti-bullying panel Wednesday evening  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
16-Feb-2011
Balance, with relatively small cuts? Fallin says Doerflinger and Coffee can  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
15-Feb-2011
Denney’s bill would grade school performance  -  
Legislative Staff Release
15-Feb-2011
Senator Ford advances alternative Education Board reform  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
14-Feb-2011
OCPA analyst gives Fallin credit for 'a good start'  -  
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10-Feb-2011
Governor Mary Fallin's executive budget “not a work of fiction?” Time will tell  -  
by Patrick B. McGuigan
09-Feb-2011
Senate Republican Rural Caucus unveils 2011 legislative agenda  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
08-Feb-2011
Senator Rice, Democrats warily supportive of Fallin’s initial approach  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
08-Feb-2011
Governor Mary Fallin gives State of the State address  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Feb-2011
Senate Education panel passes board reforms  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
07-Feb-2011
Steele, Bingman join forces in effort to reform Board of Education  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
06-Feb-2011
CapitolBeatOK announces new affiliation with the Franklin Center  -  
03-Feb-2011
Newell’s bill would allow concealed carry on campus  -  
Legislative Staff Release
31-Jan-2011
Rep. Scott Martin Calls for Reforming Board of Education  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
29-Jan-2011
Rep. Mike Brown says focus should be on “Unlawful Actions,” State Chamber challenges critique of private funding  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
29-Jan-2011
Brumbaugh supports review of education board’s actions  -  
Legislative Staff Release
29-Jan-2011
Lisa Billy condemns anti-Barresi actions, misogynist comments  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
28-Jan-2011
Nelson encourages rebukes of Rozell, Gilpin, controversy won’t abate  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
28-Jan-2011
Rep. Sanders ‘disgusted’ by Board of Education’s behavior  -  
Legislative Staff Release
28-Jan-2011
Ardmore legislators decry state Board of Education’s conduct  -  
Legislative Staff Release
28-Jan-2011
Speaker Pro Tempore Hickman calls Board actions ‘deplorable’  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
28-Jan-2011
State officials denounce Board of Education’s treatment of Barresi, staff  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Jan-2011
President Pro Tem Bingman responds to actions taken against Superintendent Janet Barresi  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
27-Jan-2011
Speaker Kris Steele condemns state Board of Education’s actions  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
27-Jan-2011
Watchdog reporter describes 'war' at Education Board meeting  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Jan-2011
Watchdog reporter describes 'war' at Education Board meeting  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
27-Jan-2011
Rep. Kern asks for A.G. opinion on scholarship taxation, Tulsa attorney rebuts assertion in story  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
26-Jan-2011
School officials and law firm claim Henry Scholarships are taxable, IRS disagrees  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
25-Jan-2011
State Superintendent Janet Barresi marks National School Choice Week  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
25-Jan-2011
Superintendent Janet Barresi deems NAEP results a call to action  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
25-Jan-2011
Bingman and colleagues press for budget cuts, Rice cautions: “don’t go too far”  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
21-Jan-2011
Nelson files changes to special needs scholarship law  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
21-Jan-2011
Attorney General Pruitt instructs districts to implement Henry Scholarships by Monday  -  
By Patrick B. McGuigan
19-Jan-2011
Senator Rice jabs at Republican rhetoric, agenda items; Barresi aide defended  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
13-Jan-2011
Janet Barresi: First new Oklahoma state superintendent in 20 Years  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
12-Jan-2011
Meet the Press: Fallin reiterates inaugural themes of conservative governance, pro-business policies, education reform  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
11-Jan-2011
Transition complete, new Oklahoma Auditor Gary Jones 'gets down to business'  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
11-Jan-2011
Governor Fallin may have a legislative honeymoon, OCU analyst believes  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
10-Jan-2011
Mid-term state funding adjustment notices posted for Oklahoma school districts  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
10-Jan-2011
President Pro Tem Bingman anticipates large spending cuts  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-Jan-2011
Kris Steele elected speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
04-Jan-2011
Pro-Tem Designate Bingman announces committees, organizational meeting Tuesday  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
03-Jan-2011
AFP-Oklahoma lists 2011 policy goals  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
30-Dec-2010
OFRG to cease operations, Peter Rudy moves to Oklahoma Watchdog  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
30-Dec-2010
Public school enrollment nearly 660,000, Hispanics 12 percent of total  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
29-Dec-2010
OCPA announces 2011 Citizenship Essay Contest  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
28-Dec-2010
Condit wants ‘common sense,’ local control in school background checks  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
28-Dec-2010
Speaker-elect announces House Committee Assignments  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
23-Dec-2010
Bixby, Owasso school boards reverse defiance of special needs program  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan and Stacy Martin
18-Dec-2010
Owasso school board to reconsider defiance of 'Lindsey’s Law'  -  
Patrick B. McGuigan
15-Dec-2010
Oklahoma’s gains in National Board Certified Teachers announced  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
15-Dec-2010
Youngest House members meet Superintendent's student advisors  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
14-Dec-2010
Group honors pregnancy/STD prevention efforts  -  
CapitolBeatOK Staff Report
11-Dec-2010
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