He Taught AP History. Now He Targets Teachers for Being Too Woke.

Ryan Walters, the elected schools superintendent of Oklahoma, has become a controversial figure due to his criticism of public-school teachers and his belief that they are promoting a dangerous "woke ideology" in the classroom. Walters has labeled teachers unions as terrorist organizations and accused leftists of turning schools into "Epstein islands" of sexual predators. Some teachers have faced online threats of violence as a result of Walters targeting them. Despite criticism, Walters maintains that teachers need to follow state law and keep political ideology out of the classroom. [Extracted from the article]

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