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The Bible has a deep history in American classrooms, but the state’s provocative superintendent wants to broadly expand its influence. By Sarah Mervosh and Ruth Graham Sarah Mervosh reports on ...
State Superintendent Ryan Walters insists there will be Bibles in Oklahoma classrooms this fall, even though the Legislature ...
Walters issued a memo Thursday instructing all Oklahoma schools to teach students in grades five through 12 about the Bible’s influence ... “it will help us move the ball forward, even more ...
Let the best book win! I may be naive, but isn't Bible reading in public schools a violation of our constitution's rule of "separation of church and state"? What about those whose religions and ...
Oklahoma public schools will be required to teach students the Bible as a “necessary historical document” — a week after Louisiana directed the Ten Commandments be posted in every classroom.
Republican State Superintendent Walters ordered public schools Thursday, June 27, 2024, to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades 5 through 12, the latest effort by conservatives to ...
They’ve spent years trying to erase Bibles from our schools, and they can’t stand seeing parents and educators fighting back." Walters issued a Bible-teaching mandate for Oklahoma schools last ...
Oklahoma Teachers Were Told to Use the Bible. There's Resistance From Schools as Students Return BIXBY, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma's Bixby school district has lots to show off for a fast-growing ...
Starting this fall, a Bible-influenced curriculum approved by the State Board of Education last November will be allowed in Texas public elementary schools. The lessons could reach as many as ...