Ryan Walters, Oklahoma’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, is initiating changes to the state’s K-12 social studies curriculum with input from Kevin Roberts of The Heritage Foundation and Dennis Prager of PragerU. Critics fear that this collaboration may introduce a curriculum aligned with an authoritarian, Christian nationalist agenda, particularly if Donald Trump wins the 2024 presidential election. The Heritage Foundation and PragerU have faced scrutiny for promoting a conservative and revisionist view of American history, potentially leading to a curriculum that minimizes or distorts issues like institutional slavery, segregation, civil rights, and systemic racism affecting people of color.
