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Oklahoma state superintendent orders schools to teach the Bible in grades 5 through 12

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Oklahoma's top education official ordered public schools to incorporate the Bible as part of an effort to incorporate religion in classrooms.

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  1. Washington Examiner

    Oklahoma superintendent directs all school districts to incorporate the Bible (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    The Oklahoma state superintendent sent a letter to all school districts directing them to incorporate the Bible into curriculum for grades five through 12.

  2. KTVZ Bend

    Oklahoma state superintendent announces all schools must incorporate the Bible and the Ten Commandments in curriculums (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — All Oklahoma schools are required to incorporate the Bible and the Ten Commandments in their curriculums, effective immediately, the state’s chief education officer announced in a memorandum Thursday.

  3. The Daily Caller

    Oklahoma To Require Bible, Ten Commandments Be Taught In Public Schools (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    Oklahoma schools are required by law to teach the Bible as an addition to the curriculum across grades 5 through 12, effective immediately.

  4. WHDH Boston

    Oklahoma state superintendent announces all schools must incorporate the Bible and the Ten Commandments in curriculums - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    (CNN) — All Oklahoma schools are required to incorporate the Bible and the Ten Commandments in their curriculums, effective immediately, the state’s chief education officer announced

  5. ABC 7 Chicago

    Oklahoma state superintendent orders schools to teach the Bible in grades 5 through 12 (opens ABC 7 Chicago)

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    ABC 7 Chicago's feed description

    Oklahoma's top education official ordered public schools to incorporate the Bible as part of an effort to incorporate religion in classrooms.

  6. New York Post

    Oklahoma public schools required to teach Bible, which education chief touts as a ‘necessary historical document’ (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Oklahoma public schools will be required to teach students the Bible in grades five through 12 as a "necessary historical document,” the state’s top educator, Republican Ryan Walters, announced Thursday.

  7. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Oklahoma public schools leader orders schools to incorporate Bible instruction (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    Oklahoma’s top education official ordered public schools Thursday to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades 5 through 12, the latest effort by conservatives to incorporate religion into classrooms.

  8. CBS News

    Oklahoma superintendent orders public schools to teach the Bible (opens CBS News)

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    Republican State Superintendent Ryan Walters said every classroom in Oklahoma will have a Bible.

  9. NBC Chicago

    Top Oklahoma education official orders public schools to teach the Bible in grades 5 through 12 (opens NBC Chicago)

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    NBC Chicago's feed description

    Oklahoma's top education official is ordering public schools to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades 5 through 12.

  10. NBC News

    Oklahoma's top education official orders schools to teach the Bible (opens NBC News)

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    Oklahoma will require schools to teach the Bible and have a copy in every classroom, the state’s top education official announced Thursday.

  11. Baptist News Global

    Oklahoma schools chief mandates Bibles in every public school classroom (opens Baptist News Global)

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    Baptist News Global's feed description

    Two days after the Oklahoma Supreme Court swatted down an attempt to use public funds to support a Catholic charter school, the state superintendent of public instruction mandated all public schools have a Christian Bible in the classroom and teach from it.

  12. Forbes

    Oklahoma Mandating Bibles In School Classrooms—Just Days After State Court Rejects Religious Charter School (opens Forbes)

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    The decision to mandate Bibles in public schools comes just days after Oklahoma’s Supreme Court struck down a proposed publicly funded religious charter school.

  13. Rolling Stone

    Oklahoma Superintendent Commands Schools to Teach the Bible (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Oklahoma’s Superintendent Ryan Walters has issued a directive commanding state’s classrooms to teach the Bible and the Ten Commandments.

  14. KOB 4

    Oklahoma's top educator orders public schools to teach from the Bible. Critics say it's an unconstitutional overreach (opens KOB 4)

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    Oklahoma's top educator orders public schools to teach from the Bible. Critics say it's an unconstitutional overreach.

  15. Washington Post

    Oklahoma schools are required to teach the Bible, state superintendent says (opens Washington Post)

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    It was not immediately clear how the Bible would be taught or what instructional standards around it would require.

  16. New York Times

    Oklahoma Requires Public Schools to Teach the Bible (opens New York Times)

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    The state superintendent, Ryan Walters, said the Bible was a “necessary historical document” that must be taught in certain grades.

  17. RedState

    Oklahoma State Superintendent Issues Rule Requiring Bible Teaching, Ten Commandments in Classrooms (opens RedState)

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  18. Newsweek

    Public schools ordered to incorporate Bibles effective immediately (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    The Oklahoma Department of Education is requiring teachers to begin using the Bible in reading materials starting Thursday.

  19. Breitbart News

    Oklahoma Requires Schools to Teach the Bible in Class (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    The state of Oklahoma is now requiring schools to teach the Bible, including the Ten Commandments, in grades five through 12.

  20. The Guardian

    Oklahoma state superintendent orders public schools to teach the Bible (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Ryan Walters calls Bible ‘necessary document to teach kids’ and says Ten Commandments will also be required learning

  21. The American Spectator

    Oklahoma Public Schools to Include the Bible in Curriculum - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator (opens The American Spectator)

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    Oklahoma superintendent Ryan Walters announced in a board meeting on Thursday that public schools will incorporate the Bible into the classroom. The

  22. WSVN Miami

    Oklahoma state superintendent orders schools to teach the Bible in grades 5 through 12 - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s top education official ordered public schools Thursday to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades 5 through 12, the latest

  23. Time

    Oklahoma Superintendent Orders Schools to Teach the Bible (opens Time)

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    Time's feed description

    Oklahoma’s top education official ordered public schools Thursday to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades 5 through 12.

  24. Blaze Media

    Bible must be incorporated into education, Oklahoma state superintendent Ryan Walters orders (opens Blaze Media)

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    'Oklahoma kids will learn that the Bible and the Ten Commandments are foundational for western civilization,' Walters noted.

  25. The Week

    Oklahoma schools chief orders Bible taught in class (opens The Week)

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    The Week's feed description

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