Top 10 Reasons Why You Our mission is to educate tax-paying
citizens and parent stakeholders on the ways
Should Care about
Public Education?
1. If you are a taxpayer, you pay for
public education.
2. If you have a child in private school or
if you homeschool, you are still paying
for public education.
3. 89% of students are educated in public
4.
schools.
A poorly educated citizenry leads to an
increase in the crime rate and the
number of welfare recipients - all at an
increased cost to taxpayers.
5. Employers are looking to locate in
areas with a highly educated workforce.
6. The majority of the population is
educated in public schools and as
adults, they will have the right to VOTE.
7. Many kids in the public education
system today will be the business and
political leaders of tomorrow.
8. Some of the kids in public education
today will be taking care of you in your
golden years.
9. Until a enough citizens become aware
of what is happening in our public
education system, we won’t be able to
effect reforms that work.
10. There will always be a need for some
form of publicly-funded education.
in which the methods and philosophies used
in public education today affect them. From
budgetary allotments to curricula, ROPE
attempts to make Oklahomans aware of how
Restore Oklahoma Public Education
every dollar spent and every idea taught can
actively influence the future voters enrolled
Do you know
in Oklahoma Public Education today.
what your
Our vision is to return our Oklahoma
public education system to the ideal
child learned
construed by that of the Founders of our
country who believed that the precepts of
education contain the teaching of ethics,
morality and faith in order to provide the
cornerstones of a free government. in school
Our schools should be locally managed, free
from the fetters of Federal Government
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monies, programs and control. Parents, local
communities and school boards should be
the ultimate factors influencing the teachers,
curriculum and atmosphere of schools,
whether elementary, mid, or high.
Oklahoma public schools should be
strongholds for Constitutional teaching and
knowledge in order to bring about a
population of youth able to use their
considerable wisdom to maintain a Free
Republic.
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Shocking Statistics
• 1 in 7 adults in the USA have such low
literacy skills that it would be tough for
them to read anything more challenging
than a children's picture book.
• 71% of American adults failed a test of
civic literacy (Intercollegiate Studies
Institute).
• Oklahoma lowered proficiency standards
in 4th and 8th grade reading and math
from 2005 to 2007
• Oklahoma students in a 5-way tie for 7th
lowest ACT math score in the nation
• Only 9% of Oklahoma high school
students are prepared for college; 30% of
first-time college students need remedial
courses
More Money is Not the Answer
(Heritage Foundation)
• While spending per pupil has more than
doubled from 1970-2004 (using
inflation- adjusted numbers), reading
scores have remained relatively flat.
• Increasing federal funding on education
has not been followed by similar gains in
student achievement.
Did You Know?
Textbook/Methodology Problems
• Many textbooks today contain seriously
wrong and misleading information.
• Many textbooks appear more aimed to
political and cultural correctness as a
priority instead of aimed only to 100%
accurate AND relevant information and
disciplined learning of the subject.
• "Honors high school texts are no more
difficult than an eighth grade reader was
before World War II." (Study by Donald
Hayes, Professor at Cornell University).
• NCTM standards for integrated math de-
emphasize memorization of number
facts, the learning of proofs, and
algebraic skills, but encouraged the use
of calculators and discovery learning.
• Instructional principles behind the Whole
Language method (“sight” reading) are
light on formal content and heavy on
assumptions that children will learn to
read by feeling enthusiastic about
reading. This is the most widely used
method in the USA. The bottom 40% of
children, the poor and near-poor, suffer
most.
Federal/UN Involvement a Bad Idea
Programs and Textbooks to Avoid:
• Race to the Top
• NCLB - No Child Left Behind
• Goals 2000
• IB Curriculum
• We the People: The Citizen & The
Constitution textbook
What Can You Do?
• Keep up-to-date on education issues at
www.restoreokpubliceducation.com.
• Take a close look at your children’s
textbooks, library books and
assignments. Ask them detailed
questions about what they do in class.
Discuss concerns with teachers and
principals. Report findings to R.O.P.E.
• Become involved in your PTA/PTO and
attend school board meetings.
• Follow education legislation online at
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/
WebBillStatus/main.html and contact
members of congress.
• Spread the word