Oklahoman
A state official who lost his vote over Epic Charter Schools because of a perceived conflict of interest is on the brink of having his recusal overturned.
Mathew Hamrick sued the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board and the board’s executive director on April 13 to regain voting power on Epic-related matters.
He and board member Phyllis Shepherd were disqualified Dec. 8 from all discussions and votes on Epic because of ties to Epic co-founder David Chaney.
Hamrick could regain his ability to vote on Epic if he agrees to drop the lawsuit.
The three board members who aren’t recused decided Monday to rescind Hamrick’s disqualification if he dismisses the case with prejudice, meaning he could never re-file it again.
Micro-credentials to Master’s Degrees: The Future of Educator Advancement Jun 03 Copy URL
How can district leaders support strengthening educators’ skills for COVID recovery in the classroom while also empowering their growth and advancement?
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In what just might be the most misguided attempt at ‘utopian’ living ever conceived, progressive Democrats continue to demand the defunding and disbanding of police forces in cities around the country. Yet, like a doctor that has made the wrong diagnosis on a patient, such a radical idea will not bring peace and security to America’s ailing neighborhoods. In fact, it will make them virtually unlivable.
The United States desperately needs a national debate on the root causes of police violence, which the political left has prematurely and wrongly attributed to “systemic racism.” Missing from the bigger picture are questions pertaining to economic hardship, broken homes, drug abuse and street gangs – and perhaps most importantly of all, poorly trained police – as just a few of the contributing factors that have placed law enforcement between a rock and a hard place.