Money VS Results and The Socialist Nature of Public Schools

March 25, 2018 at 09:08PM -
Recently, I posted a comment on our ROPE Facebook page about the socialist nature of public school. It was in response to another comment made by someone who disagreed with an earlier post (incidentally, I wish ALL dissenters could be as polite as this commenter - we've had a great time talking back and forth and even found things to agree on over the course of numerous exchanges).   As we...

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Dirty Little Education Secrets Part 4b: Teacher and Administrators Who Engage In Politics Using Taxpayer Funds

March 16, 2018 at 07:07PM -
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Dirty Little Education Secrets Part 4a: Teacher And Administration Bullies In The Classroom

March 16, 2018 at 06:24PM -
Former University of Missouri Professor Melissa Click fired after refusing to allow a campus journalist access to a campus demonstration Bing imagesWhen I began teaching in the Oklahoma public education system, I was finishing my thesis, taking coursework to get my Alternative Certification and teaching part time at Deer Creek Public Schools outside Edmond. My daughter (I was a single mother...

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Dirty Little Education Secrets Part 3: Administrative and Programming Costs Suck HUGE Amounts From Common Ed Budget

March 15, 2018 at 03:41PM -
Since teachers have begun to petition taxpayers and the state government for a raise, and since the taxpayers rejected the Step-Up planning proposal including tax increases to fund public education was soundly rejected by legislators, myself and others have been calling for an audit of the OSDE prior to an increased fund allotment to public education. After reviewing the OSDE budget request for...

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Dirty Little Education Secrets Part 2: Teachers Are NOT All Leaving The Profession Over Pay

March 14, 2018 at 08:24AM -
This morning I read an awesome article by a long time teacher from Pennsylvania was explaining why teachers are leaving the profession. Never once in his treatise did he mention money. Here was one of his closing paragraphs:Read more »This blog originates from ROPE2: http://ift.tt/2jto7JJ

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Fact Checking the OEA Meme Campaign To Force Teacher Pay Raises

March 13, 2018 at 01:32PM -
  Because the OEA has spent significant time and taxpayer resources (Yes, how else do they get their funds? Teachers pay membership and teachers are paid by taxpayers.) creating this elaborate campaign to convince taxpayers it is necessary to tax the public to create a pay raise for teachers, I thought it might be a good idea just to fact check a few of their memes. Let's take the one...

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How Do We Know Teachers Need A Raise If We Don't Do Our Homework?

March 13, 2018 at 11:02AM -
In case you've been under a rock and haven't learned about the West Virginia teachers who have apparently inspired teacher walkouts in Arizona, Kentucky and Oklahoma, I thought it important to make sure anyone who wanted to do more than hear talking points and rhetoric have direct access to OSDE data. In my next few blogs, I'm going to try and hit some of the talking points pushed...

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A Republish Of Our Review Of The First Annual Smart Start Oklahoma Conference from 2011

March 12, 2018 at 05:16PM -
   A Review of the First Annual Smart Start Oklahoma Conference, "Champions for Change" - How Much More than the Already-Allotted Billions of Dollars Per Year Can "Champions" Justify Spending On Unproven Early Childhood Programming In Oklahoma?    Editorial Comments: Though this was nearly 7 years ago now (it was originally posted to our SCRIBD account), while writing about...

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Social Impact Bonds to Fund Pre-School and the Price Tag of Unintended Consequences

March 12, 2018 at 02:42PM -
  A recent Hechinger Report article covers a new concept for providing revenue streams to various public programs ostensibly without tax increases. Unfortunately, Social Impact Bonds as they are called, are yet another example of how well-meaning individuals and legislators believe they can micromanage all aspects of our lives to make life fair for everyone while soaking the American taxpayer....

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