Oklahoma’s new K–12 education chief no longer plans to require public schools to place Bibles in classrooms or integrate biblical teachings, reversing course from his predecessor who led a campaign to keep a Christian perspective in public education.
State Superintendent Lindel Fields, who took office this month to replace Ryan Walters, indicated on Oct. 15 he will not defend in court Walters’s order directing all Oklahoma public schools to incorporate the Bible in social studies curricula and keep a copy of it in every classroom.
