Ryan Walters announced Thursday night that he is resigning as Oklahoma’s state superintendent after nearly three years of near-constant controversy.

On a Fox News program around 10:45 p.m., Walters announced that he is becoming the CEO of the Teacher Freedom Alliance.

Teacher Freedom Alliance's stated mission is to "assist educators in their mission to develop free, moral and upright American citizens," and the non-profit organization's website states that it currently has 2,617 teachers enrolled as members.

He did not say whether he is still considering a gubernatorial run in 2026.

“We’re going to destroy the teachers unions,” Walters said on the cable news program Thursday evening. “We have seen the teachers unions use money and power to corrupt our schools, to undermine our schools.

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