As students begin a new school year, classrooms in some states are becoming battlegrounds over what should be taught and also ...

The conversations reveal the department could be seeking outside counsel to represent Walters in any criminal issues stemming ...

Three state Board of Education members emailed the state Attorney General's office with concerns about their attorney before his withdrawal.

Oklahoma will soon implement a new 50-question certification exam. The "America First" test for teacher applicants from ...

US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon came to Dove Charter Schools with Gov. Kevin Stitt. State Superintendent Ryan Walters was absent.

Far-right Christian nationalist and Oklahoma schools superintendent Ryan Walters has generated nonstop controversy in his ...

In an exclusive interview with News 9 on Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters said he would not apologize for comments made towards members of the State Board of Education. Those members ...

News' Emma Burch looks into the new required test for out-of-state teachers and how one representative is saying it'll only add to the teacher shortage.

An application dated Aug. 8, 2025, shows Superintendent Ryan Walters seeks a defense attorney to "prepare for the possibility of charges." ...

State Superintendent Ryan Walters said educators from California and New York could be required to take an “America First” test if they want to teach in Oklahoma schools.

Oklahoma will require teachers coming from New York and California to pass a test to combat what it calls “woke ...

America-first exam” meant to test their loyalty to the GOP’s nativist, “anti-woke” ideology. If you don’t pass, you don’t teach.