{"id":2026789,"date":"2023-09-09T13:39:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T17:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/superintendent-ryan-walters-on-ccp-schools-in-america-parents-choice-and-classical-education\/"},"modified":"2023-09-09T13:45:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T17:45:11","slug":"superintendent-ryan-walters-on-ccp-schools-in-america-parents-choice-and-classical-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/superintendent-ryan-walters-on-ccp-schools-in-america-parents-choice-and-classical-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Superintendent Ryan Walters on CCP Schools in America, Parental Preference, and Classical Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsuperintendent-ryan-walters-on-ccp-schools-in-america-parents-choice-and-classical-education%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2026789&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>A Texan nonprofit gives funding to a Chinese Communist Party-controlled (CCP) Confucius Classroom operating inside an Oklahoma High School, according to an Oklahoma superintendent and documents obtained by The Epoch Times. The CCP Confucius class, \u200bteaching American\u2063 students, talks about\u2063 the communist government positively while\u2063 censoring the atrocities committed in its history.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2>Oklahoma Superintendent Takes\u200c on Corrupted Education System<\/h2>\n<p>Oklahoma superintendent Ryan Walters was elected \u200dwith one mission: To upend \u200ba corrupted education system. \u2064In\u2062 an\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/pro-ccp-curricula-funded-by-communist-china-in-tulsa-public-schools-oklahoma-superintendent-ryan-walters-5487138\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with EpochTV\u2019s &#8220;American Thought Leaders,&#8221; Mr. Walters talked about the ills sabotaging the education of\u200c the \u200dnext generation of Americans,\u2062 in a state ranking 49th out of 50 in academic achievement.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mr. Walters said that the Confucius Institute was &#8220;in one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-districts-have-not-been-keeping-track-of-teacher-vaccinations-despite-push-to-prioritize-school-staff\/\" title=\"School Districts \u2018Have Not Been Keeping Track\u2019 Of Teacher Vaccinations Despite Push To Prioritize School Staff\">largest school districts<\/a>, but also one\u200c of our least successful districts, where &#8230; 88 percent of kids \u2064aren&#8217;t reading on grade level.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/china-researcher-warns-confucius-institute-hiring-process-poses-fundamental-systematic-risk-to-uk-universities-5332642\">China\u200d Researcher Warns Confucius Institute \u2063Hiring Process Poses\u200d &#8216;Fundamental Systematic Risk&#8217; to UK Universities<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">6\/15\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/china-researcher-warns-confucius-institute-hiring-process-poses-fundamental-systematic-risk-to-uk-universities-5332642\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/dc-public-school-officials-release-sobering-results-of-math-and-english-assessments-5480913\">DC Public School Officials\u2063 Release\u2062 &#8216;Sobering&#8217; Results of Math and English Assessments<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/25\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/dc-public-school-officials-release-sobering-results-of-math-and-english-assessments-5480913\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Confucius Institutes\u2064 teach children that &#8220;the communist\u200c government is actually a very \u2063successful\u2064 government. They \u200cactually censor what \u200bthey can say about the Chinese Communist Party inside the curriculum. And so this\u2064 is the Chinese government absolutely indoctrinating\u200b our kids,&#8221; \u2063Mr. Walters said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are putting a stop to \u200cit in Oklahoma,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Walters said that 25 \u200bother Confucius classrooms operate in \u2064the United \u2062States, teaching propaganda to the American youth. The classrooms do this by\u2063 positively portraying the Chinese communist government, a\u200c government guilty of genocide and nationwide suppression.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Walters said that the Confucius classrooms do not touch the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s\u2062 (CCP) authoritarianism, the famines, or the Tiananmen massacre, so they\u2063 are\u200b not just \u200dindoctrinating, \u200dthey\u2063 are also \u2064censoring China\u2019s recent history.<\/p>\n<p>They say, \u201cWhen you study our history, you are gonna cover it only this way,\u201d Mr. Walters said.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062Epoch Times obtained two documents showing the establishment of a Confucius classroom at the Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The funding was provided by a Texas nonprofit, \u200dIL Texas Global, in which the Confucius Classroom Cooperation Office was operating.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement mentions the \u201cConfucius Classroom Cooperation Office at IL Texas Global,\u201d so it is not clear\u200c if this \u200dmeans\u2062 that IL Texas Global \u2064has its own premises.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Walters said that multiple groups sounded the alarm on this issue\u200d and \u200bfound that the Texas nonprofit was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-bidens-have-to-be-sweating-devon-archers-testimony-puts-joe-biden-on-the-hot-seat\/\" title=\"Devon Archer's testimony puts Joe Biden in a tight spot.\">taking \u2064money<\/a> from the CCP.<\/p>\n<p>In an email to The Epoch Times, Tulsa\u200b Public Schools denied\u200d taking money from the CCP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt a time when\u2063 our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/superintendent-ryan-walters-on-ccp-schools-in-america-parents-choice-and-classical-education\/\" title=\"Superintendent Ryan Walters on CCP Schools in America, Parental Preference, and Classical Education\">state faces catastrophic shortages<\/a>\u2062 in certified \u200bteachers and school funding, Superintendent Walters\u200c has chosen\u200d to focus on a\u200c Chinese-language professional development opportunity for a single teacher,\u201d the email reads.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The teacher&#8217;s salary and adopted instructional resources are\u2064 fully paid for by Tulsa Public Schools,&#8221; it continues.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Walters argued that the Confucius Classrooms undermine the view of America \u200bby saying communism\u200c is great and that capitalism is bad.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dAmerican \u2062students in these classrooms hear that the communists \u201ccreated a valid government that actually benefits the \u200bChinese people,\u201d according to\u2064 Mr. Walters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2>Domestic Enemies<\/h2>\n<p>Mr. Walters \u200ccontinued\u2064 to\u2064 the domestic threats to\u2063 students\u2019 educational growth, saying \u200bthat left indoctrination at \u2062public schools, such as the Critical Race Theory and Inclusion theories, form a complete \u2064antithesis to what America really is. \u201cEvery individual is endowed by\u2062 their Creator with these\u2064 inalienable rights,\u201d Mr. Walters\u2063 said, adding that the aforementioned theories \u2062are lowering students\u2019 expectations.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cEvery academic goal needs to be tied [to] the race of the individual,\u201d\u2063 Mr.\u200d Walters said. \u201cThey describe to them that because of their skin color, they might be\u2062 a victim or an \u200boppressor. Based on \u200btheir skin\u2064 color!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo when you tell a kid at a young age that because of\u200c their skin color they are a victim, or they are an oppressor, first of \u200dall, you\u2019re creating division.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecond of all, you \u200dare lowering expectations on them. You are literally telling a\u200d kid, \u2018You can\u2019t be successful because of the color of your skin.\u2019 That is \u2063literally the antithesis\u200c of the principles America was founded on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Radical gender \u200ctheories and \u2064pornographic material made their\u2063 way into\u2063 young students\u2019 \u2062books \u200din public schools, Mr. \u2062Walters said, while teachers \u200bwaste\u200b time on things such as calling students by \u2062different pronouns instead of focusing on learning and the academic \u200dachievement of the students they are entrusted to\u200d them.<\/p>\n<p>One \u2062of\u2064 the things\u2063 Mr.\u200c Walters\u200b is proud of is\u200b that Oklahoma passed school choice, meaning parents choose the\u2063 school for their child, which\u200b not only empowers parents but also creates a competitive \u200benvironment for schools, pushing them to increase the quality of their curricula.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. \u200bWalters mentioned \u200bthe establishment of a new classical learning academy in Oklahoma \u2063and a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/devil-in-the-detail-oklahoma-parks-catholic-charter-school-after-satanic-temple-warning\/\" title=\"Devil in the detail: Oklahoma parks Catholic charter school after Satanic Temple warning\">religious charter school<\/a> as potential products of \u200bthe legislative move.<\/p>\n<p>This new Catholic charter school faced\u2062 backlash from\u2063 teachers unions because unions want the money to go to public school\u2064 teachers, and they generally do not want religion shaping young people\u2019s character, according\u200c to Mr. Walters.<\/p>\n<p>He mentioned seeing non-religious parents sending \u200ctheir children to religious schools\u2063 because they like the curriculum or the character students build in this environment.\u2062 This is \u200bwhy, \u2064as a superintendent,\u2064 he thinks that the state should get out of the way, trusting and empowering\u200c the parents.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2>Approach as \u2063Superintendent<\/h2>\n<p>Mr. Walters said he \u2063follows\u200c an \u201caggressive strategy to recruit the highest \u2062quality teachers\u2062 in the\u200c country\u201d in his \u200dduties as a \u200bsuperintendent.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For this purpose, Oklahoma now gives up to $50,000 as \u2063a sign-up\u2062 bonus to\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-city-mandates-vaccines-for-religious-private-school-employees\/\" title=\"New York City Mandates Vaccines for Religious, Private School Employees\">high-quality teachers<\/a> who choose to go to \u200bthe most hindered\u2063 areas. Mr.\u2062 Walters said this move saw 800 applicants in one week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>revealed that a Texan nonprofit provides funds to a CCP-controlled Confucius Classroom in an Oklahoma High School. The class, teaching American students, promotes the communist government in a positive light while censoring its historical atrocities. Documents obtained by The Epoch Times support these claims. Superintendent Ryan Walters expressed concern over this situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2382,"featured_media":2026790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2026789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2382"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2026789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2026790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2026789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2026789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2026789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}