Listen Frontier: Oklahoma’s Social Studies rewrite sparks backlash
Oklahoma has officially adopted new social studies standards that require public school students to be taught about "discrepancies" in the 2020 presidential election — language critics say mirrors debunked conspiracy theories.
Despite the lack of evidence supporting claims of widespread voter fraud, the state’s new standards embed references that educators and parents fear could mislead students and turn classrooms into ideological battlegrounds.
The standards, approved earlier this year by the Oklahoma State Department of Education, include mandates criticized for their similarity to talking…
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