State Supt. Walters announces plan for new social studies standards, incorporating Bible into curriculum | News [Video]

Oklahoma City — State Superintendent Ryan Walters announced a change he wants to make concerning Oklahoma’s social studies standards.

Walters said the new approach he’s suggesting will “ensure the social studies standards are chronologically sound, reinforced and reiterated through a student’s primary and secondary education, will empower schools to teach from primary sources, and will inspire in students a love of country and a proper understanding of the American founding.”

The new standards would eliminate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion teachings, Walters said in a press release. 

These revised standards would incorporate the Bible as an instructional resource, something Walters previously announced he wanted to add. Walters said this would provide accuracy to our social studies curriculum and keep away any politically slanted viewpoints.

Walters said his new social studies standards would provide an emphasis on biography and the study of inspiring leaders in history.

“Oklahomans – citizens, parents, and business leaders alike – are disgusted with the …