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Rachel Leingang

Oklahoma superintendent who put Trump Bibles in classrooms resigns

a man in a in a suit holds his chin and leans forward to speak into a microphone
Ryan Walters speaks during a special state board of education meeting in Oklahoma City on 12 April 2023. Photograph: Sue Ogrocki/AP

Oklahoma’s superintendent, who has attracted national attention as he sought to install religion and rightwing viewpoints in Oklahoma schools, will resign to run a conservative education non-profit.

Ryan Walters, who has led public schools in Oklahoma since 2022, has put Donald Trump-endorsed Bibles into classrooms and required teaching 2020 election conspiracy theories.

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