<p><span><span style="color: #000000;">Oklahoma's top education official </span></span><span>is ordering public schools to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades 5 through 12. State </span><span><u>S</u></span><span><u>uperintendents</u></span><span> Ryan Walters </span><span><u>issued a memo </u></span><span>to school superintendents </span><span>across the state. </span><br><span>The </span><span><u>directive</u></span><span> </span><span>is the latest effort </span><span>by conservatives to </span><span>incorporate religion into </span><span>the classroom. </span><br><span>Walters said in the memo that </span><span>his </span><span><u>mandate</u></span><span> is compulsory </span><span>and (qoute)"immediate and strict compliance is expected."(unqoute)</span><br><span>Walters was elected in 2022 and </span><span>has embraced </span><span>culture war issues and fighting what he says is "woke ideology" in public schools </span><span>as a central theme of </span><span>his administration. </span><br><span>I'm Haya Panjwani.</span></p>
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