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Ryan Walters Highlights Districts with 'Surpluses' for Free Meals; Bixby, Broken Arrow Question Accuracy of His Figures
Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters claims multiple school districts hold significant surpluses, suggesting these ...
Critic says arguing merits of Walters’ controversial ideas gives them unearned legitimacy
One critic of State Superintendent Ryan Walters argues—by rushing to decry Walters’ latest controversial announcements on merit—it can give unearned legitimacy to policies he believes Walters ...
OSDE introduces 'America First Assessment' for teachers moving from certain states
Oklahoma's State Superintendent Ryan Walters proposes an "America First Assessment" for teachers from certain states, raising concerns among local superintendents.
100 years after Scopes Monkey Trial, a new religious culture war emerges in Oklahoma
Oklahoma is forcing courts – as they did in Tennessee in 1925 – to wrestle with the question of how much religion is ...
Trial of the century: Why 100 years later, the Scopes case still matters
As the famous Scopes trial, a landmark case out of Dayton, Tennessee, celebrates its centennial anniversary, themes of the ...
Ryan Walters wants to force school districts to fund student meals, blaming cost on 'bureaucratic bloat'
In a letter to parents, state Superintendent Ryan Walters has blamed “bureaucratic bloat” for the cost of school lunches ...
Controversial new social studies academic standards are in place in Oklahoma. Now what?
State Superintendent Ryan Walters' controversial social studies academic standards now are in place for state schools. How ...