by Zach Rael | KOCO News Channel 5 | Jun 27, 2024 | In The News
Reactions poured in following State Superintendent Ryan Walters’ announcement that every Oklahoma classroom must have a Bible and teach from it. Walters made that announcement at Thursday’s board of education meeting, saying it is effective immediately....
by John Dobberstein | Broken Arrow Sentinel | Jun 27, 2024 | In The News
State Supt. of Public Instruction Ryan Walters stoked the fires of controversy again Thursday after sending a memo to school superintendents requiring the bible to be added into instructional curriculum, including the Ten Commandments. Walters said the directive,...
by Sean Murphy | Associated Press | Jun 27, 2024 | In The News
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s top education official ordered public schools Thursday to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades 5 through 12, the latest effort by conservatives to incorporate religion into classrooms. The directive drew immediate condemnation...
by CAIR Oklahoma Staff | Jun 27, 2024 | Press Release
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 6/27/24) – The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned as a “clear violation of the Constitution’s Establishment...
by Murray Evans | The Oklahoman | Jun 26, 2024 | In The News
By a clear majority, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday a contract between the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board and a religious charter school violates both state and federal law, is unconstitutional and must be voided. State Attorney General...
