Are Oklahoma Schools Including Misinformation About the 2020 Election in New Standards?

Are Oklahoma schools including misinformation about the 2020 election in new standards?

Yes. Starting next school year, Oklahoma high school U.S. history standards revised by Superintendent Ryan Walters will include conspiracy theories regarding the 2020 election. As a part of the objective of “Analyzing significant events during the first Donald J. Trump Administration,” students will “Identify discrepancies in 2020 elections results by looking at graphs and other information, including the sudden halting of ballot-counting in sel…

UPDATE: Oklahoma parents fight back

Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters installed a new social studies curriculum that will require all of the state's public school students to be taught conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and the tenets of Christian nationalism. Walters said the new curriculum will allow "students to think for themselves" and "not be spoon-fed left-wing propaganda."Now, a group of Oklahoma parents is fighting back.A group call…

Oklahoma parents aim to opt out of Bible, 2020 election lessons in Ryan Walters' curriculum

Under the new standards, Oklahoma high school US history classes will be required to have students “identify discrepancies” in 2020 election results.

'That's propaganda': Parents fight back against new religious MAGA curriculum in OK schools

OKLAHOMA CITY — Frustrated with religious content and polarizing language added to Oklahoma academic standards, some parents say they plan to opt their children out of “ideologically charged” social studies lessons in public schools. Families and liberal advocates across the state, relying on parental rights laws that Republicans championed, are drafting letters to exempt their children from new social studies content that conservative leaders …

‘I don’t want my kids hearing that’: Oklahoma parents look to opt out of new social studies content

Erica Watkins, center left, joins members of Defense of Democracy Oklahoma, now called We’re Oklahoma Education, and LGBTQ+ advocates holding signs opposing state Superintendent Ryan Walters outside the Oklahoma State Department of Education building in Oklahoma City on April 25, 2024. (Photo by Nuria Martinez-Keel/Oklahoma Voice)OKLAHOMA CITY — Frustrated with religious content and polarizing language added to Oklahoma academic standards, some …

Oklahoma parents look to opt out of new religious social studies content

Oklahoma parents look to opt out of new religious social studies contentFrustrated with “ideologically charged” content, Oklahoma parents are using opt-out rights to reject new standards on the Bible and 2020 election in schools. Get more Oklahoma City news: Oklahoma City Free Press