Oklahoma Supreme Court rules 2025 Social Studies Standards will not be enforced

Oklahoma's controversial social studies standards will not go into effect, court rules

The ruling said that the Oklahoma State Board of Education, under the leadership of former State Superintendent Ryan Walters, violated the Open Meeting Act when it approved the 2025 Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies.

Oklahoma Supreme Court Won't Let Ryan Walters Jesusify Social Studies Class After All

This will not be your child’s new social studies teacherBack in September, Ryan Walters, Wonkette’s favorite Christian Nationalist, announced that he would be retiring from his post as the Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction in order to spend about the same amount of time shoving religion down the throats of children, but now as the CEO of the Teacher Freedom Alliance instead. This occurred, by sheer coincidence, the day after it was r…

Oklahoma Supreme Court rules 2025 Social Studies Standards will not be enforced

The Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down the 2025 Social Studies Standards that former State Superintendent Ryan Walters tried to enforce.

Oklahoma Supreme Court permanently overturns social studies standards • Oklahoma Voice

Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Noma Gurich, left, sits with Vice Chief Justice Dana Kuehn and Chief Justice Dustin P. Rowe during the governor's State of the State Address in the House chamber of the state Capitol on Feb. 3. (Photo by Kyle Phillips/For Oklahoma Voice)OKLAHOMA CITY — Controversial academic standards for social studies are unenforceable because Oklahoma’s top school board violated state open meeting laws when approving them, the s…

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OK Supreme Court strikes 2025 social studies standards for violating Open Meeting Act

A narrow 5-4 majority of the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down the 2025 Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies, finding the State Board of Education violated the Open Meeting Act by not providing proper notice about changes within the new standards. While declining to rule on any constitutional challenge raised against the religious […] The post OK Supreme Court strikes 2025 social studies standards for violating Open Meeting…