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Ryan Walters: “You look at the test scores, it's very reflective of what…”

Featuring: Ryan Walters, Republican | Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction

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'Students Don't Know the Facts' - Walters Emphasizes the Need for Better Civics Education

Published | Video Starts at 01:52

But our goal is to educate children so that they can do what they want to with that knowledge, not to direct them of how to be an activist. And I think that's what you've seen. And I think again, You look at the test scores, it's very reflective of what the left wants, is we don't want you to know the history, we just want you to engage with our perspective. We've got to get back to drilling down in a back to the basics approach, mastery of an understanding of American history, and it really does start with those founding documents. (01:52–02:02)

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Asserts that test scores reflect the left's desire for students to engage with their perspective rather than know history.

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