One down and three to go is how the situation is seen by Oklahoma State Conference NAACP President Anthony R. Douglas. These comments are pointed at McCurtain County officials who were caught on audio mentioning the lynching of a black man and an alleged murder plot.
Oklahoma’s NAACP has criticized state education secretary Ryan Walters for calling on the state Board of Education to revoke a Norman Public Schools teacher’s license.
Oklahoma’s NAACP has criticized state education secretary Ryan Walters for calling on the state Board of Education to revoke a Norman Public Schools teacher’s license.
Boismier’s case is the focal point of why Oklahoma educators believe this is a troubled, frightening time to be a teacher. Many are confounded by House Bill 1775, passed last October, which prohibits schools from teaching the “concept” that “any individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish or any other form of psychological distress on account of his or her race or sex,” among other provisions.
Educators across Oklahoma were left trying to figure out the premise and purpose of House Bill 1775, adopted in 2021, which prompted six pages of emergency rules connected to an