To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Observercast

Problems Of Epic Proportions

Oklahoma lawmakers have an Epic problem on their hands: what to do about the state’s troubled virtual charter school. Tulsa Rep. Melissa Provenzano, a...

Gritting Out The Vote

Oklahoma’s voter participation rate is abysmal. In last year’s presidential election, barely half – a mere 50.4% – of those old enough to register...

Turning Our Backs On History: Rep. John Waldron On HB 1775

Spring temperatures are warming, but the Legislature’s Republican hypermajority is morphing into snowflakes, working to ban teaching that could – oh, the humanity! –...

Bait And Switch: Claudia Swisher On State’s Broken NBCT Promises

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This spring, a decade after the Legislature reneged on promised stipends for National Board Certified Teachers, it appeared lawmakers finally were poised to do...

A Bad Witches’ Brew: Ex-Rep Clay Pope On Rural Oklahoma’s Plight

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In this week's Observercast -- Boiling Up A Bad Witches' Brew -- former state Rep. Clay Pope, chairman of the fledgling Rural and Small-Town...