Oklahoma’s top education official said Friday that the state purchased more than 500 Bibles for AP government classes as a step toward providing the religious text in every state classroom.
State Superintendent Ryan Walters said providing Bibles in Oklahoma’s classrooms would provide critical historical, cultural, and literary context for U.S. students and put the state on a path toward improved academic excellence.
“I will take every step possible to ensure Oklahoma students have the resources they need to fully understand American history,” he said in a Nov. 14 statement. “We are not going to change our history, and the Bible is a major part of that.”…