Does this resonate with you? “I want a school system that treats my child as a human being to develop to his or her fullest, not a piece of data to sell.” #OklaEd sbee.link/6h8f3qna4u

Pastor Clark Frailey is transitioning out of the role as Executive Director of Pastors for Oklahoma Kids #OklaEd

'Oklahomans have lost their “mooring in society” and public schools are being “inappropriately attacked” for doing their jobs, the state’s attorney general said Wednesday.' #OklaEd

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Conservatives’ agenda for America is starting to read like my Bob Jones University student handbook bit.ly/3v1xG8V

Oklahoma lawmakers say they want a voice on the state's top school board.
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The fact that a recent article or viral quote about #ChristianNationalism may have defined CN too broadly, and consequently received backlash, MUST NOT lead journalists to back away from pursuing the topic & overt instances of Christian nationalist mobilizing around the country.

Read Heidi Przybyla 🌺 piece POLITICO on the dark money push to divert tax dollars toward religious education that Leonard Leo and Co are teeing up as a follow-up to Dobbs Anne Nelson Katherine Stewart Diane Ravitch 🇺🇸🇺🇦📚🌈🗽🌹 Josh Marshall Jess Piper
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As a Christian parent of two elementary kids, I couldn't object to this more. Superintendent Ryan Walters, please stop playing culture war games.

'Eagle Arts Academy in Florida not only paid its founder to develop a curriculum, but paid him for the rights to the school's name and logo.' #OklaEd sbee.link/7vkqyd6ea4

NEW: Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters once attended a fundraiser thrown by a podcaster deemed unfit to work in Owasso Public Schools because of public statements he made encouraging his daughters to “kick the sh*t” out of transgender peers trying to use the restroom. 🧵

Supt. Walters is an agent of the State and should not force his religious beliefs on #OklaEd kids.

This opens the door for State sponsored rituals from other religions.

“It’s no small task, but thousands of caring and intelligent teachers are willing to step up to the plate to deliver these kids their American right to a quality education.”

LISTEN to Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond talk about the importance of public education. 👀
'They will learn our history- the good the bad and the ugly. It is in that social interaction that we learn to be respectful, to disagree respectfully, to hear the other side, to keep our minds open...' #oklaed

OKPLAC and a dozen coalition partners hosted Capitol Day for Public Schools, as American as Apple Pie! Edmond Memorial choir sang the most beautiful rendition of the Star Spangled Banner. Students led the Pledges like they do every day at school.

More photos from the day!

“I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute...where no church or church school is granted any public funds or political preference...'

-John F. Kennedy

'For Friedman and the libertarians, school choice was and is a strategy to ultimately offload the burden of paying for education onto parents...'

Read the full paper: sbee.link/a8petxk37m