The new curriculum also removed a prior proposal for lessons about George Floyd's murder and Black Lives Matter, and teaches as fact the hotly contested theory that COVID-19 emerged from a lab leak. Start the day smarter.

Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma schools superintendent, has made major changes to the state's public school curriculum, including mandating Bibles in every classroom

Oklahoma is set to incorporate 2020 election conspiracies into its schools’ curricula under newly adopted social studies standards that will take effect next school year. Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters,

Beginning next school year, the curriculum standards for Oklahoma high school students will including conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election.

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Curriculum standards to be implemented in Oklahoma public schools next academic year include a change to how the 2020 election is taught, working in allegations central to President Trump’s

Beginning next school year, they will add conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election. Oklahoma’s new social studies standards for K-12 public school students, already infused with ...

Currently, state law requires 97,263 signatures to get statutory changes before the voters and 172,993 for constitutional amendments. There are no restrictions on where the signatures are collected. But Senate Bill 1027 would put limits on how many signatures could come from counties.

Supporters say the standards encourage critical thinking about election integrity, while critics warn that it will further promote false narratives.

State Superintendent Ryan Walters insists there will be Bibles in Oklahoma classrooms this fall, even though the Legislature didn't budget for it.

Sen. Bryan Logan won a special election earlier in May to fill a vacant seat representing several eastern Oklahoma counties.

New academic standards in Oklahoma call for the teaching of “discrepancies” in the 2020 election results. Beth Wallis of State Impact Oklahoma reports. This article was originally published on WBUR.org.