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In 2010, the Oklahoma Legislature passed and then-Gov. Brad Henry signed a bill allowing public high schools to offer students elective courses on the Old and New Testaments of the Christian Bible ...
The main teachers' labor union in Oklahoma said Walters' Bible order was unconstitutional and that state law said school districts have the right to decide which books are available in their ...
His latest scheme — to mandate use of the Bible in Oklahoma public schools’ curriculum — is a transparent, unconstitutional effort to indoctrinate and religiously coerce public school students."
Oklahoma will require schools to teach the Bible and have a copy in every classroom, the state’s top education official announced Thursday. Effective immediately, Oklahoma schools are required ...
“Oklahoma students will be taught history, and that includes the influence of the Bible as a founding document. Any school violating the standards will have swift action taken to get them back ...
Walters issued a memo Thursday instructing all Oklahoma schools to teach students in grades five through 12 about the Bible’s influence on the nation’s founding and historical American figures ...
Oklahoma's state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters was in the news on June 27. News outlets from The Oklahoman to The New York Times to The Guardian, a publication based in the United Kingdom ...
Oklahoma's top education official outraged civil rights groups and others when he ordered public schools to immediately begin incorporating the Bible into lesson plans for students in grades 5 ...