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Gov. Kevin Stitt casts blame for Oklahoma’s ‘decimated’ education system, cratering student test scores
Oklahoma’s scholar check scores confronted sharp declines as a result of his opponent, the superintendent of schooling, sided with “huge liberal unions” and compelled college closures throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Kevin Stitt advised Fox Information.
“After we shut faculties down, it is a byproduct,” Stitt stated. “We knew this was coming. It is common sense. And the left was advocating for the closure of faculties.”
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The Nation’s Report Card launched Monday confirmed Oklahoma’s check outcomes had been constantly decrease than the nation’s common. Eighth grade math had the most important drop within the nation and tied for the second-biggest drop in studying. In fourth grade, math tied for the sixth-largest drop and studying tied for third.
Math scores noticed their largest decreases ever from 2019 to 2022, whereas studying scores dropped to ranges not seen since 1992 for fourth and eighth graders throughout the nation, in line with the Nationwide Middle for Training Statistics.
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“We’ve got to rethink what we’re doing for our younger folks,” Stitt stated. “Mother and father wish to know precisely how their youngsters are doing. We’d like extra choices in faculties. We’d like extra constitution faculties.”
Stitt, a Republican, is dealing with a troublesome reelection race in opposition to Pleasure Hofmeister, the state’s superintendent of schooling. Stitt stated the Democrat’s COVID-19 insurance policies “decimated our schooling system.”
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt says his opponent siding with “huge liberal unions” to pressure college closures “decimated our schooling system.”
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Oklahoma public faculties had been closed for the final six weeks of 2020 college 12 months after the pandemic’s outbreak. Hofmeister then advocated for masks necessities and closures when COVID-19 ranges had been excessive, resulting in some public faculties remaining digital till January 2022.
Hofmeister’s marketing campaign didn’t return a request for remark.
“We’re seeing the lack of studying that is taking place due to the massive liberal unions making an attempt to pressure our faculties to shut,” Stitt stated. “And my opponent was combating me to maintain them closed and siding with the unions.”