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Oklahoma Adds False Conspiracy Theories About 2020 Election to High School Curriculum

HeadlineMay 20, 2025

Education advocates are raising the alarm after Oklahoma approved a new high school social studies curriculum which will encourage students to identify “discrepancies” in the 2020 election, which Donald Trump lost but has repeatedly falsely claimed he won. Oklahoma’s school superintendent is a Trump supporter who has tapped other far-right ideologues to revise the state’s curriculum, including Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation.

In other education news, thousands of school teachers protested in front of Elon Musk’s SpaceX facility in Hawthorne, California, on Saturday. The teachers condemned DOGE’s dismantling of the Education Department and cuts to special education and student meal programs.

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