by Benjamin Lepak | Aug 26, 2020 | Blog
Cheered on by teachers’ unions, State Secretary of Education Joy Hoffmeister recently proposed a statewide Covid plan that would have seen schools in 39 of Oklahoma’s 77 counties stop in-person instruction if those counties experienced just 3 Covid diagnoses. Only 3...
by Byron Schlomach | May 13, 2020 | Blog
Several months ago, 1889 Institute published Education Reforms to Make a Difference in which six fundamental institutional reforms to public education in Oklahoma were suggested. Now we publish More Education Reforms to Make a Difference, which suggests six more...
by Byron Schlomach | May 13, 2020 | Research
More Education Reforms to Make a Difference Author Byron Schlomach Abstract Byron Schlomach argues for institutional reforms in education, including appointment of Oklahoma’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, passing a meaningful anti-strike law and...
by Kent Grusendorf | Apr 22, 2020 | Research
America’s War for Effective Education Reform Author Kent Grusendorf Abstract Kent Grusendorf argues that past reform efforts have not succeeded due to their top-down nature. Instead, what is needed is to take account the efforts of those who are actually doing...
