Flipboard Culture Desk on Nostr: Ryan Walters, Oklahoma's superintendent of public instruction, wants to put the Bible ...

Ryan Walters, Oklahoma's superintendent of public instruction, wants to put the Bible in all the state's classrooms — both literally (last September he proposed spending $3 million on Trump's Bibles), and figuratively (his department has developed standards that would use the Bible as a tool for teaching social studies). Here, Hechinger Report breaks down how even devout Christian parents say his mandates have gone too far, and what might happen next. “I think Oklahoma is the test case for the nation,” said Dawn Brockman, a school board member in the town of Norman.

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