Oklahoma Education

Oklahoma colleges and universities in the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education will be banned from using state funds for diversity, equity and inclusion activities and positions after Governor Kevin Stitt signed Senate Bill 796 into law Wednesday.

Despite bipartisan calls for a resolution to reject controversial proposed social studies standards, the legislature let Tuesday’s deadline pass without a floor hearing.

As contentious battles between members and State Superintendent Ryan Walters rage on at State Board of Education meetings, Gov. Kevin Stitt has decided to again shake up the board with the appointment of a new member Monday.

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.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond case next week.

OCU students portrayed those impacted by the bombing through “In the Middle of the West” at Oklahoma high schools.

A federal judge threw out a defamation suit Thursday filed by former Norman teacher Summer Boismier against State Superintendent Ryan Walters.

Thanks to a new law, schools across the state are now required to allow off-campus religious instruction during elective courses.

Oklahoma Democratic lawmakers filed House and Senate Joint Resolutions Monday to reject controversial proposed social studies academic standards.

A State Board of Education meeting scheduled for Thursday was postponed to avoid a potential Open Meeting Act violation.