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Donald Trump seems to pay no attention to "The Oklahoma Standard." Will that matter to state Republicans going into the 2026 election battles?
Edmond, filed Senate Joint Resolution 20, which would declare the Legislature "hereby disapproves in whole the social studies and science subject matter standards approved by the State Board of Education on February 27,
Board of Education members have said Ryan Walters neglected to mention to them that he’d made last-minute changes to new social studies standards.
The seat became vacant when Jason Lowe, D-Oklahoma City, resigned April 7 to serve as an Oklahoma County commissioner.
One Republican lawmaker wants to send controversial social studies standards back to the Oklahoma State Department of Education.
A Republican state senator filed a joint resolution Thursday to disapprove proposed updates to Oklahoma social studies and science standards, following concerns from newly-appointed State Board of Education members,
New members of the Oklahoma State Board of Education pushed back against State Superintendent Ryan Walters at the Thursday State Board of Education meeting about the process for approving new social studies academic standards that had quietly added 2020 election denialism rhetoric.
Abdullah Haji Zada, 18, a citizen of Afghanistan who was living in Moore, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to knowingly receiving and conspiring to receive a firearm and ammunition to be used in a terrorist attack, court records show.
The new members said the social studies standards they voted on in February were changed before they were sent to the legislature. Among the alleged changes was the addition of theories that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. “If I would’ve known what I know now, I would’ve voted no,” said Chris Van Denhende, board member.
An Afghan teenager accused of taking part in an Oklahoma plot to carry out an Election Day attack has pleaded guilty, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Abdullah Haji Zada, 18, a citizen of ...
A teen who was charged in an Oklahoma election day terror plot has pleaded guilty to receiving rifles and ammunition. Abdullah Haji Zada and his alleged co-consirator ...
An Afghan teenager has pleaded guilty for his role in a plot to carry out an Election Day attack in Oklahoma OKLAHOMA CITY -- An Afghan teenager accused of taking part in an Oklahoma plot to carry ...