Ryan Walters, the Republican superintendent of Oklahoma schools, said on Wednesday that he will step down from his post to become the chief executive officer of the Teacher Freedom Alliance at the start of next month

He made the announcement on Fox News, where he said that he planned to “destroy” teachers’ unions.

“We have seen the teachers’ union use money and power to corrupt our schools, to undermine our schools,” he said.

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Walters has had a controversial tenure since becoming superintendent in January 2023. He previously served as the state’s secretary of education.

During his tenure, he has been known for pursuing policies relating to the culture war and against what he has called “woke ideology.”

Among other decisions, he issued a memo mandating all public schools teach

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