Oklahoma Education Chief’s Demand for Prayer Video in Schools Faces Backlash from State Senator

Superintendent of Schools for Oklahoma, Ryan Walters, has asked that all public schools in the state show a video of him praying to students and give parents a copy of the video. Some people, like Senator Mark Mann, don’t agree with this move and have criticized the request. The Oklahoma Senate reported that Mann, a Democrat with experience in Oklahoma schools, asked what the video had to do with the state’s educational goals.

A statement from the Oklahoma Senate says that Sen. Mann said, “Ryan Walters needs to focus on doing his job and less on political theater.” He also said that the State Superintendent does not have the constitutional or legislative power to make schools follow such a rule. Mann told school districts that when they make decisions for kids and parents, they should listen to what their local school boards say.

Senator Mann was angry about what the State Superintendent did and said that the focus should be on making schools better, especially in reading and math, where Oklahoma has had problems. He said, “When Oklahoma needs to make gains in reading and math scores, the last thing we need to be doing is pushing the superintendent’s blatant, self-serving political agenda.” This was in response to Superintendent Walters’s political agenda. As the Oklahoma Senate said, Mann stressed that the focus should be on kids and their educational needs rather than on political goals.

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