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Oklahoma leaders are trying to trick Trump into thinking we need more education spending freedom Oklahoma Voice
2025-04-08 21:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling
Education Commentary It feels like Oklahoma officials have lost touch with reality and think President Donald Trump must be the biggest idiot on the planet.Because why else would they be first in line in trying to snooker the Trump administration into giving a state that has some of the worst education outcomes in the entire country essentially carte blanche power to decide how hundreds of millions of federal dollars should be spent in our schools?Last week, our state superintendent and some Republican legislative leaders urged Trumps administration to bypass the U.S. Department of Educations traditional funding pathways and give federal dollars directly to the state so that Oklahomas Education Department can categorize schools into types based on need and offer a diverse marketplace of solutions.Our leaders stupidly argue that federal officials tie too many administrative and bureaucratic strings to that funding. Those strings are used to ensure compliance with pesky things l... [ more ]
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