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A controversial new set of academic standards in Oklahoma requires high school students to study alleged “discrepancies” in the 2020 presidential election, a move that education experts and voting rights advocates say reinforces debunked claims and undermines trust in U.S. democracy. Quietly pushed through in February and officially enacted last …

Oklahoma’s revised social studies standards are facing backlash after last-minute changes inserted references to widely debunked claims of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. The State Board of Education approved the new standards in February, but the changes were not publicly discussed or included in meeting documents. A new …