Courts
Charter school board taking religious school case to the U.S. Supreme Court(The Center Square) – The Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board voted Tuesday to take a religious charter school case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Oklahoma Supreme Court… Read More
Public Education
Some Oklahoma schools defy state directive, refuse to treat Bible as historical textSeveral Oklahoma public school districts claim they will defy a recent directive from State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters to incorporate the Bible as a historical text in… Read More
Public Education
Oklahoma’s Ryan Walters revokes license for teacher who wished Trump shooter ‘had better scope’(Daily Caller news Foundation) – Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters stated on Tuesday that he plans to revoke an Ardmore City School instructor’s teaching certificate over her comments praising… Read More
Public Education
Oklahoma’s Walters requires Bible, Ten Commandments taught as historic documents in classroomsOklahoma’s top education official announced Thursday that his department will require classrooms in specific grades to teach the Bible and Ten Commandments as “foundational documents” of Western Civilization. Read More
Public Education
Report: Millions in school funding goes where kids were, not where they are now(The Center Square) – Missouri and Oklahoma should adjust school funding when enrollments drop instead of allocating amounts based on policies using previous numbers, according to a report by… Read More
Public Education
More evidence of soaring demand: Oklahoma’s new universal school choice program already fullThe inaugural year of the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit was a huge success, demonstrating billowing demand for school choice. Indeed, according to the Oklahoma State Department of… Read More
Public Education
Oklahoma State Department of Education demands school district return misused COVID relief fundsThe Oklahoma State Department of Education ordered a public school district to return over $573,000 of COVID-19 relief funds to the federal government, alleging misuse on athletic facilities. Read More
Courts
Oklahoma Supreme Court hears initial arguments in historic Catholic charter school caseThe Oklahoma Supreme Court heard initial arguments on Tuesday over what would be the nation’s first ever religious charter school. The St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School… Read More
Public Education
Oklahoma establishes new ‘Office of School Choice’The Oklahoma Department of Education is establishing a new “Office of School Choice,” State Superintendent Ryan Walters announced at a Board of Education meeting. Read More
Public Education
Outrage over teen ‘toe sucking’ event billed as school charity for disabled peopleThe founder of a non-profit coffee shop that benefited from a public school charity which featured teens sucking and licking peanut butter off each others’ toes told The Heartlander he’s… Read More
Government
Oklahoma bill imposes burden, threatens to defund virtual charter schoolsA bill introduced in the Oklahoma House seeks to impose more rigorous restrictions on virtual charter schools, threatening to remove state funding if such schools do not or cannot… Read More
Government
Oklahoma bill to prohibit school officials from pressuring teachers into union activities advancesA new Oklahoma bill advanced by the Senate Education Committee aims to prevent school officials from exerting pressure on teachers to engage in union activities. “I want to… Read More
Public Education
Oklahoma Supt. Ryan Walters, Rep. Mark McBride agree on literacy, parents’ rights, but clash on teaching traditional values in educationRyan Walters has only been the State Superintendent of Oklahoma for a year, but he’s already made a huge impact to the state’s public education system. The pro-parental… Read More
Government
Oklahoma committee advances bill addressing cell phone use in schools(The Center Square) – A bill banning student cell phones in the classroom advanced out of the Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee on Monday. House Bill 3913 would… Read More
Public Education
Elementary principal who moonlights as drag queen resignsAn Oklahoma public school principal has resigned after months of controversy surrounding his afterschool drag queen performances and past legal issues. Shane Murnan, the former principal at John… Read More
Public Education
Oklahoma’s new education secretary is a school choice championOklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has appointed Nellie Tayloe Sanders, an advocate for special education and school choice, to serve as the state’s new Secretary of Education. Though not… Read More
Government
Families to protest bill in Oklahoma attacking homeschool freedoms, parental rightsFamilies in Oklahoma are preparing to gather Feb. 6 at the state’s Capitol to express concerns over recent legislation that seeks to limit their educational… Read More
Public Education
Oklahoma Schools superintendent appoints ‘Libs of TikTok’ creator to media committee(The Center Square) – Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters announced Tuesday that he had appointed the creator of a social media account known for its outspoken criticism of sexualized materials… Read More
Government
‘Send them to the pound’: Oklahoma rep introduces bill to ban ‘furries’ from school, have them rounded up by ‘animal control’An Oklahoma state representative introduced a bill last week that would ban so-called “furries” from attending school. “Furries,” the New York Post says, are… Read More
Public Education
Walters proposal would suspend teachers under investigation for sexual assault(The Center Square) – Teachers accused of sexual assault would automatically be suspended, and school districts would be required to report the investigation to the Oklahoma State Department of… Read More