The Oklahoma Department of Education released its guidelines Wednesday on how to implement teaching about the Bible into public school classrooms.
The state’s top education official, Ryan Walters, issued a directive last month that all public school officials must include the Bible in lessons from Kindergarten through 12th grade. Walters said at the time that “immediate and strict compliance” with the guidelines would be expected.
The guidance instructs teachers to emphasize the Bible’s historical, literary, and secular benefits to avoid infringing on the separation of church and state, and says it should not be used for religious reasons like preaching, or indoctrination.
“The radical leftist mob has tried to rewrite history in Oklahoma,” Walters told the Washington Examiner. “It stops today, and Oklahoma schools will refocus our kids’ education so they know the value of the bible in its historical context. The woke radicals will not like it. They will not believe it. However, they will teach it in Oklahoma.” […]
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