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Forde-Yard Dash: Assessing New Coordinator Hires and Level of Overhaul Needed

Some programs brought in leaders for both the offense and defense, while others were strategic in fixing one side of the ball.

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Oklahoma To Weed Out 'Woke' Teacher Applicants By Requiring Them to Pass an 'America First' Test: What Does That Mean?

Oklahoma's new 'America First' teacher exam, built with PragerU, tests candidates on US civics and biology, while critics say it screens for ideology, not teaching skill.

International Business Times UK

Oklahoma to reportedly vet prospective teachers with ‘America first’ test

Teachers from California and New York to be grilled on such topics as ‘biological differences between males and females’

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Oklahoma to out-of-state teachers: Pass ‘Anti-Woke’ test or don’t teach here

Those who fail won't be getting a teaching license.

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Oklahoma House speaker blames ‘bizarre accident’ for explicit images on Superintendent’s office TV during private meeting

A newly installed TV automatically plays an action movie channel and happened to be showing a film that contained nudity, the Republican lawmaker said

The Independent UK

MAGA Education Official Fires Back at Claims He Played Videos of Naked Women in His Office

Oklahoma education official Ryan Walters took to social media to defend himself after he was accused of watching pornographic material, and even playing such material on screens in his office.

Latin Times

‘Bizarre and troubling’: Ultra-MAGA school official accidentally screens adult content during education board meeting

"I was so disturbed by it, I was like, ‘What is on your TV?"

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Oklahoma’s MAGA superintendent who demanded Bibles in class faces investigation after TV in his office shows naked women

‘This is a bizarre and troubling situation,’ the state’s senate president said

The Independent UK

Oklahoma Mocked as Teachers Set to Undergo 'America First' Screening to Obtain License: 'Trying to Uphold That 49th Out of 50th in Education'

Oklahoma State Department of Education under Superintendent Ryan Walters is implementing an "America First" assessment for new teachers relocating to the state.

Latin Times

Appeals Court Blocks Louisiana Ten Commandments in Classrooms Law

"If H.B. 71 goes into effect, Students will be subjected to unwelcome displays of the Ten Commandments for the entirety of their public school education. There is no opt-out option," the court's opinion reads.

Reason

Oklahoma Official Promises Bibles in Schools 'Will Happen' Next School Year Despite Lawmakers Scrapping Funding

Oklahoma's State Superintendent declared that schools within the state will be given Bibles in the fall despite the fact that funding for the initiative was denied by Oklahoma's state legislature.

Latin Times

Oklahoma Schools to Ask Students to 'Identify Discrepancies' in 2020 Presidential Election Data

Oklahoma has approved a controversial social studies standard directing students to investigate "discrepancies" in the 2020 election.

Latin Times

Oklahoma may become dumbest state as high schools approve teaching 2020 election conspiracy theories as facts

Oklahoma is going to teach conspiracy theories as facts.

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Oklahoma high schools to teach 2020 election conspiracy theories as fact

State superintendent Ryan Walters tapped chief of Heritage Foundation, key player behind Project 2025, for curriculum

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The Independent UK

Meet the Oklahoma state superintendent pushing Trumpism into schools

Ryan Walters has emerged as a prominent voice in a growing movement to integrate religion and the president’s brand of national conservatism into public education, Alex Woodward reports

Latin Times

Oklahoma Schools Ordered to Teach About 2020 Election 'Discrepancies' After Superintendent's Concerns of 'Left-Wing Propaganda'

Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Schools Ryan Walters labeled the 2020 presidential election results one of the "contemporary turning points of 21st century American society."

Reason

New Oklahoma Curriculum Requires Students To Learn 2020 Election Fraud Conspiracies

The new standards are "the most unapologetically conservative, pro-America social studies standards in the nation," according to State Superintendent Ryan Walters.

Latin Times

Oklahoma Proposal Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Enroll Children in Public School Ignites GOP Infighting

Under the new proposal, parents or legal guardians are required to provide proof of citizenship of their children when enrolling them in public schools.

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Oklahoma wants to teach kids Trump’s false version of the 2020 election where he was cheated out of victory

Statehouse Democrat argues new standards will ‘insert an extremist political agenda into our public education system that will only cost Oklahomans more taxpayer money’

The Guardian - US

US supreme court seems open to religious public charter schools

Oklahoma case is part of a broader push to erode separation of church and state, and a test of role of religion in schools

The Independent UK

Can public money flow to Catholic charter school? The Supreme Court will decide

The Catholic Church in Oklahoma wants taxpayers to pay for an online charter school that “is faithful to the teachings of Jesus Christ.”

Reason

Court Dismisses Oklahoma Teacher's Libel Suit Against State Official, Stemming from Debate Over "Gender Queer" in School Libraries

From the April 10 decision by Judge Bernard Jones (W.D. Okla.) in Boismier v. Walters: This action stems from certain… The post Court Dismisses Oklahoma Teacher's Libel Suit Against State Official, Stemming from Debate Over "Gender Queer" in School Libraries appeared first on Reason.com.

The Independent UK

Oklahoma schools chief seeks donations to put Bibles in classrooms

Oklahoma's top public schools official is continuing his quest to put a Bible in classrooms

Latin Times

Oklahoma Gov Rejects Proposal to Require Citizenship Status to Enroll Children in School Amid Party Tensions

The proposal seeks to require parents to report their immigration or citizenship status when enrolling children in school in efforts to advance Trump's agenda.

The Guardian - US

‘Testing ground for Project 2025’: behind Oklahoma’s rightwing push to erode the line between church and state

With Trump back in the White House, the state and others across the US are making efforts to install Christian viewpoints in governance

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