Ryan Walters

This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discuss a video from State Superintendent Ryan Walters attacking teachers and teachers' unions, Oklahoma County ending its lawsuit against OKC over the location of a new jail and more.

State Superintendent Ryan Walters asked lawmakers for a $3 million allocation at Thursday’s Senate budget hearing to purchase Bibles for Oklahoma classrooms.

Change and uncertainty abound as 2025 begins. But the StateImpact Oklahoma team will help guide you through and keep you informed about the seismic shifts coming in education policy, health care and the climate crisis. StateImpact managing editor Logan Layden and the StateImpact reporters to preview what’s to come.

The Oklahoma State Department of Education released proposed revisions to social studies standards Thursday. The guideline draft features a significant increase in content on Christianity and patriotism.

During the board’s December meeting, three lawmakers were allowed into the board’s approximately two-hour executive session.

Under the proposed administrative rule, Oklahoma schools must ask students’ parents or legal guardians to provide proof of citizenship upon enrollment.

Oklahoma's oldest television station has won its legal battle with State Department of Education leaders.

Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters says he opposes two agreements Governor Kevin Stitt signed with a Danish Ambassador and a renewable energy company.

Amid mounting tension between State Superintendent Ryan Walters and district administrators over controversial mandates, Walters announced a proposal Wednesday to leave the jobs of school district superintendents in the hands of voters instead of being hired by local school boards.

State Superintendent Ryan Walters, the State Board of Education and the State Department of Education are named in a lawsuit alleging state anti-bullying laws were not adequately enforced.