Civics
NonDoc journalists report on the civic realm in Oklahoma and beyond. Our site also publishes a variety of commentary pieces about civic matters. As a site category, "Civics" encompasses three subcategories: Education, Health Care and Politics.
Tussle at the Tower: Oklahoma County Sheriff debate
NonDoc.com will host Tussle at the Tower, a public debate between Oklahoma County Sheriff candidates, from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, at...
Personalized Learning: Budget cuts spur new teaching model
Never in our state’s history have public schools been in such a dire financial crisis. They can’t afford to buy new textbooks and are...
Immigrant students burdened with baggage, pressures
Working with English second language (ESL) students at Putnam City High as their graduation coach has been a roller coaster of emotions and contradictions....
Letter: Civil progress stunted by ‘homo-hatred’
To the editors:
I don't presume that all the readers of my articles are gay-friendly, but I do think it's reasonable to see how homo-hatred...
McCall: Leslie Osborn replaced as House A&B chairwoman
One day after she and two other lawmakers sent a press release discussing a "mischaracterization" from Republican House leadership, Rep. Leslie Osborn (R-Mustang) has...
DHS adoption cuts: ‘This is about families in all 77 counties’
As Jennifer Brantley sat with Rep. Mickey Dollens Sunday night in a southwest OKC Starbucks, she explained why she adopted four brothers six years...
Cap on pre-K students per classroom could soon rise
(Editor’s note: This story was authored by Jennifer Palmer of Oklahoma Watch and appears here in accordance with the non-profit journalism organization’s republishing terms.)
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Editorial: Oklahoma’s higher education system must consider optics
When we published longtime Capitol reporter Jeff Packham's news story on Oklahoma's higher-education budget cuts last week, we were glad to see so many...
National report ranks OKCPS schools in top-20 ‘worst’
How should we respond to three eastside OKCPS schools being listed as among the 20 “worst” schools in the nation? Perhaps even more amazingly,...
Letter: ‘Green family should look after their own home fires’
To the editors:
Fervor, artifacts, money and religion: all ingredients for a bomb of immorality, illegality, creating a chain reaction to fuel more bombs across...
