Oklahoma Court Stops Social Studies Standards with 2020 Election Misinformation From Taking Effect
The Oklahoma Supreme Court halted the new social studies standards citing concerns over religious promotion and procedural violations, keeping 2019 standards in place during litigation.
- The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that new social studies standards with references to the 2020 election being 'rigged' and the COVID-19 pandemic originating from a Chinese lab will not go into effect pending further litigation.
- The new standards, which included over 40 references to the Bible, Christianity and 'Judeo-Christian values,' were challenged in court by Oklahoma parents.
- The court ordered the state to use the 2019 standards while litigation proceeds and prohibited spending public money on implementing the new standards.
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Oklahoma Supreme Court Pauses New Education Standards
Source: Drazen_ / Getty The Oklahoma Supreme Court has, at least temporarily, put a stop to the MAGA-humping madness that the State Department of Education is trying to implement as required learning . According to the Associated Press, the state supreme court has put a pause on new social studies standards for K-12 public schools that would require, among other things, that educators teach students about President Donald Trump’s 2020 election i…
Many metro schools have yet to use taxpayer funds on social studies standards
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The Oklahoma Supreme Court handed down a decision Monday, pausing the state from implementing its controversial social studies standards in classrooms. The 5-2 ruling prohibited the use of state funds for instructional materials and stated that schools should go back to using the 2019 approved standards until the Court issues another order in the case. State Superintendent Ryan Walters called the ruling “embarrassing” and …
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