Ryan Walters Launches 'Public Awareness' Campaign Against Teachers Union

Posted Date: 05/26/2023

State Superintendent Ryan Walters is launching what he called a “public awareness” campaign against the nation’s largest teachers union and its state affiliate, he announced Thursday.

During the monthly Oklahoma State Board of Education meeting, Walters had a newly created video shown contrasting his statements during a recent appearance on a Fox News television program with convention statements from National Education Association President Rebecca Pringle and Executive Director Kim Anderson, as well as Vice President Kamala Harris’ appearance at the NEA event.

Interspersed throughout the new video from the Oklahoma State Department of Education were brief video clips of an unidentified individual speaking about second-graders in her class choosing nongender-specific pronouns for themselves, of an interview with Maia Kobabe, author of a memoir called, “Gender Queer,” and another adult, a former El Paso, Texas, teacher, speaking about her preference that child sex abusers be referred to as “minor attracted.”