Leaders in the Republican-led Oklahoma Legislature introduced a resolution to reject the standards, but there wasnāt enough GOP support to pass it.
Oklahoma high school students studying U.S. history learn about the Industrial Revolution, womenās suffrage and Americaās expanding role in international affairs.
Beginning next school year, they will addĀ conspiracy theories about theĀ 2020 presidential election.
Oklahomaās new social studies standards for K-12 public school students, already infused with references to the Bible and national pride, were revised at the direction ofĀ state School SuperintendentĀ Ryan Walters.Ā The Republican official has spent much of his first term in office laudingĀ President Donald Trump, feuding with teachers unions and local school superintendents, and trying to end what he describes as āwokenessā in public schools.
I think youāre wrong about that. As someone who left I can say with some amount of certainty that most of the smart ones do leave and thatās part of why it remains shitty.
To be clear Iām referring to smart people I know who grew up there. The vast majority donāt live there anymore. This isnāt just a roundabout way of calling myself smart.