For a third time since last August, Oklahoma House Democrats are calling on Speaker Charles McCall to create a special bipartisan committee to investigate state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters, amid reports of possible misuse and abuse of federal tax dollars by the Oklahoma State Department of Education, which Walters leads. Oklahoma City television station KFOR […]
It’s too bad Walters has to stir up drama. We already have plenty Ryan Walters has done nothing but break down, what was already broken, The Oklahoma educational system. MY JOB, as a parent, is to protect her from immorality and bad things as much as humanly possible. MY beliefs matter, and NO ONE has […]
Public money for Oklahoma students is paying for email pitches like this one: “Good morning! Ryan Walters, state superintendent of Oklahoma, banned porn/explicit reading materials and graphics from classrooms in Oklahoma, but Edmond Public Schools is appealing this action, asking the state Supreme Court to allow porn back in classrooms.” That pitch goes on to […]
Edmond Public Schools has filed a lawsuit after state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters threatened to downgrade the district’s accreditation. The lawsuit was filed against the state Board of Education, the state Education Department and state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters. Here’s what we know so far about the fight between Walters and Edmond Public Schools. Why Ryan […]
A growing number of major Oklahoma school districts are publicly lining up behind Edmond Public Schools in that district’s lawsuit against state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma State Department of Education and the state Board of Education. The battle is over who should choose the books in school libraries? State schools Superintendent Ryan Walters […]
This week, Oklahoma state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters launched a feud between the state education department and a school district when he claimed two books in the school’s libraries contained pornographic scenes and should be removed. The Oklahoma State Department of Education threatened to lower Edmond Public Schools accreditation if it did not remove the […]
State schools Superintendent Ryan Walters says his election in a statewide race is a primary reason why the state Board of Education has the right to decide what books should be on the shelves of libraries in school districts with locally elected school boards. State schools Superintendent Ryan Walters addresses the board at the February […]
Edmond Public Schools asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday to decide whether the Oklahoma State Board of Education or a local elected school board has the authority to establish policies concerning books in the district’s libraries. District Superintendent Angela Grunewald said the lawsuit was filed after the Oklahoma State Department of Education threatened to […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Records indicate State Superintendent Ryan Walters received reimbursements totaling over $4000 in taxpayer money for attending out-of-state partisan conferences, right-wing talk shows and even a movie premiere during his first year in office. Walters’ 2023 travel and expense records, first reported by The Frontier, indicate Walters has been able to submit […]
In an unexpected turn, state Rep. Mark McBride expressed satisfaction on Friday concerning information he’s received from state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters after the Oklahoma House of Representatives issued a legislative subpoena last month. About two weeks ago, McBride, state Rep. Rhonda Baker and House Speaker Charles McCall took the rare step of issuing the […]
An eastern Oklahoma legislator has filed a bill that would require the Ten Commandments to be shown in all public school classrooms. The bill follows a string of failed attempts over the past 10 years to display the document on public property in the state. If House Bill 2962, filed by state Rep. Jim Olsen, […]