US EditionOklahoma Proposes Teaching Alternative Perspectives on the 2020 Election in Schools
- Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters introduced new social studies standards requiring high school students to study alleged discrepancies in the 2020 election starting in the 2025-26 school year.
- The adoption process faced criticism and a lawsuit from parents, teachers, and others, who argue it was flawed and lacked transparency while Walters and supporters defend the process.
- The curriculum includes Trump's debunked claims of election fraud, COVID-19 origins as a lab leak, and expanded biblical instruction, while omitting some Biden administration accomplishments and separation of church and state references.
- Plaintiffs seek a temporary restraining order to halt these standards, with former Attorney General Mike Hunter stating, "Our goal is to get to the truth of things," and asserting the law was not followed.
- The dispute signals ongoing political battles over education content in Oklahoma, reflecting deep divisions and raising concerns over accuracy, political influence, and the role of public education.
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New standards for Oklahoma students promote misinformation about 2020 election
They are being revised at the direction of state School Superintendent Ryan Walters, who has spent much of his first term in office lauding President Donald Trump and feuding with teachers’ unions and local school superintendents.
Oklahoma schools ordered to teach Trump's 2020 election lies in new MAGA curriculum
Oklahoma high schools will be required starting in August to teach President Donald Trump's debunked conspiracy theories about his 2020 election loss.The new curriculum written by Trump-loving state superintendent Ryan Walters will analyze turning points of 21st-Century American society, including w...
New Oklahoma curriculum requires students to learn 2020 election fraud conspiracies
In the new school year, thousands of Oklahoma students will be required to learn about 2020 election fraud conspiracy theories as part of a new curriculum developed by the state's controversial superintendent, Ryan Walters. Walters, who has come under fire in recent months for an effort to require Oklahoma classrooms to stock Bibles and display the Ten Commandments, has said that the addition "empowers students to investigate and understand the …
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