With Ryan Walters Out, It’s a New Day for Education in Oklahoma

Oklahoma state testing to ‘proceed as normal’ in public schools

State Superintendent Lindel Fields speaks at an Oklahoma State Board of Education meeting Thursday in Oklahoma City. Fields announced Monday that his predecessor's plan to dramatically change statewide testing in public schools has been put on hold. (Photo by Nuria Martinez-Keel/Oklahoma Voice)OKLAHOMA CITY — A plan to overhaul statewide testing in Oklahoma public schools is now on hold, with the state’s top education official announcing Monday …

With Ryan Walters Out, It’s a New Day for Education in Oklahoma

John Thompson writes here about the remarkable transformation of education in Oklahoma since Commissioner of Education Ryan Walters resigned. Walters was obsessed with getting the Bible and the Ten Commandments into schools. Now that he’s gone, the professionals are back. Thompson wrote: Since former State Superintendent Ryan Walters was removed from office, I keep witnessing reasons for hope, as well as worries about whether Oklahoma politician…