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Oklahoma Education Chief Resigns to Lead Conservative Teachers’ Group

The Teacher Freedom Alliance, an entity of the Freedom Foundation, represents educators who oppose their local and national teachers’ unions.
Oklahoma Education Chief Resigns to Lead Conservative Teachers’ Group
FILE - Ryan Walters, Republican candidate for Oklahoma State Superintendent, speaks at a rally in Oklahoma City on Nov. 1, 2022. AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File
Aaron Gifford
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Oklahoma Education Superintendent Ryan Walters will step down from his state leadership position to take over as chief executive officer of the Teacher Freedom Alliance on Oct. 1, the organization announced Thursday.

The alliance, an entity of the Freedom Foundation, represents educators who oppose their local and national teachers’ unions.

Aaron Gifford
Aaron Gifford
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Aaron Gifford has written for several daily newspapers, magazines, and specialty publications and also served as a federal background investigator and Medicare fraud analyst. He graduated from the University at Buffalo and is based in Upstate New York.