Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Oklahoma's public schools chief Ryan Walters said Tuesday that every high school in the state will have a chapter of Turning Point USA, the organization co-founded by slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Walters, the state's superintendent of public instruction, announced the partnership with the national conservative student group in a video posted to X, saying it would counter what he called the classroom dominance of "radical leftists" and teachers unions who "push woke indoctrination on our kids.'"
After the shooting of Kirk on a Utah college campus earlier this month, conservative politicians and media figures celebrated his influence with the nation's youth and pledged to uphold his legacy. Walters' announcement indicates a willingness to use the state's public education system to advance Turning Point USA, but offered little detail on what that would mean.
"What we're going to continue to do is make sure that our kids understand American greatness, engage in civic dialog and have that open discussion," he said.
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