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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #207

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board governance, the politics surrounding it, and education policy.

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Oklahoma Schools Chief Ryan Walters Files For Divorce After Ordering Schools To Teach and Mandate Christian Marital Loyalty

Former Oklahoma schools Superintendent Ryan Walters is filing for divorce after 15 years of marriage, having pushed a policy requiring Bible teaching in Oklahoma schools.

International Business Times UK

University of Oklahoma Essay Scandal: Professor Mel Curth Removed After 'Arbitrary' Grading of Bible-Based Essay

University of Oklahoma essay controversy leads to Mel Curth's removal over arbitrary grading of Samantha Fulnecky's Bible-based paper on gender norms

International Business Times UK

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Samantha Fulnecky: OU Student Given 'Zero' for Bible-Based Essay Now Hailed as 'American Hero' by Far-Right Leader

OU student Samantha Fulnecky will not have her failing Bible-based essay count toward her final grade after a formal appeal.

International Business Times UK

Oklahoma court tosses lawsuit over Bibles in the classroom after state refuses to enforce mandate

Oklahoma education officials will not require schools to teach the Bible in grades 5 through 12

The Independent UK

Texas education chief met with Turning Point USA to discuss group’s expansion in high schools

The meeting happened days before Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick pledged $1 million to help establish chapters of the conservative student group on every Texas college and high school campus.

The Texas Tribune

Oklahoma tried out a test to ‘woke-proof’ the classroom. It was short-lived, but could still leave a mark

Oklahoma has become a testing ground for reshaping public school curriculum to reflect conservative viewpoints, Make America Great Again priorities and a push for Christian nationalism in the classroom.

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Forde-Yard Dash: The Vanishing Coaching Class of 2023

Twenty-five new hires brought optimism fewer than three years ago and almost half are already gone with more likely to follow.

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New Oklahoma schools superintendent rescinds mandate for Bible instruction in schools

Oklahoma's new public schools superintendent is rescinding a mandate from his predecessor that forced schools to incorporate the Bible into lesson plans for students

The Independent UK

‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles being distributed in Oklahoma schools are missing 17 amendments

Students will not learn about the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery, the 19th Amendment granting women the vote or the 22nd Amendment limiting a president to two terms in the White House

The Independent UK

Oklahoma’s public education chief resigns a day after announcing Turning Point chapters in schools

Ryan Walters had mandated all classrooms incorporate the Bible and the Ten Commandments

The Independent UK

At the Races: Slowdown and shutdown - Roll Call

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including on the economy and campaign announcements.

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Oklahoma superintendent who put Trump Bibles in classrooms resigns

Ryan Walters, who has led Oklahoma public schools since 2022, is quitting to run a conservative education non-profit

The Guardian - US

Oklahoma official says all high schools will have Turning Point chapters after Charlie Kirk killing

Conservative youth group chapters will counter ‘woke indoctrination’, says Ryan Walters

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The Independent UK

Oklahoma state superintendent is creating Turning Point chapters in every high school to honor Charlie Kirk

Schools that don’t comply could lose accreditation, the superintendent warned

The Independent UK

Oklahoma prosecutor: No charges after report of explicit images on education chief's TV

An Oklahoma County prosecutor has declined to file criminal charges after two board members said they saw images of naked women on a television in the office of state School Superintendent Ryan Walters

International Business Times UK

'First Three Words of the US Constitution?': The Question Oklahoma Teacher Applicants Must Answer and More

Oklahoma will require teacher applicants from California and New York to pass a PragerU-developed 'America First' civics test featuring questions like the first three words of the US Constitution, drawing union backlash and legal warnings from a state oversight agency.

Sports Illustrated

Forde-Yard Dash: Assessing New Coordinator Hires and Level of Overhaul Needed

Some programs brought in leaders for both the offense and defense, while others were strategic in fixing one side of the ball.

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Oklahoma To Weed Out 'Woke' Teacher Applicants By Requiring Them to Pass an 'America First' Test: What Does That Mean?

Oklahoma's new 'America First' teacher exam, built with PragerU, tests candidates on US civics and biology, while critics say it screens for ideology, not teaching skill.

The Guardian - US

Oklahoma to reportedly vet prospective teachers with ‘America first’ test

Teachers from California and New York to be grilled on such topics as ‘biological differences between males and females’

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Oklahoma to out-of-state teachers: Pass ‘Anti-Woke’ test or don’t teach here

Those who fail won't be getting a teaching license.

The Independent UK

Oklahoma House speaker blames ‘bizarre accident’ for explicit images on Superintendent’s office TV during private meeting

A newly installed TV automatically plays an action movie channel and happened to be showing a film that contained nudity, the Republican lawmaker said

Latin Times

MAGA Education Official Fires Back at Claims He Played Videos of Naked Women in His Office

Oklahoma education official Ryan Walters took to social media to defend himself after he was accused of watching pornographic material, and even playing such material on screens in his office.

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‘Bizarre and troubling’: Ultra-MAGA school official accidentally screens adult content during education board meeting

"I was so disturbed by it, I was like, ‘What is on your TV?"

The Independent UK

Oklahoma’s MAGA superintendent who demanded Bibles in class faces investigation after TV in his office shows naked women

‘This is a bizarre and troubling situation,’ the state’s senate president said

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