A new poll found that 32% of Republican voters haven’t decided whom to support in next week’s runoff for state superintendent of public instruction. The two candidates are Shawnee Superintendent April Grace and Ryan Walters, the state education secretary. One issue both candidates agree on is that critical race theory shouldn’t be taught in Oklahoma schools.|MORE| State senator who represents Mustang says school punishment wasn’t fairBoth candidates shared their concerns about the issue for the future of education in Oklahoma schools – the effects of teaching young students critical race theory. “It's a college-level course and it shouldn't be in our pre-K to 12th classrooms. It’s not in our Oklahoma standards,” Grace said.Grace shared her concerns and defended recently passed House Bill 1775, which deals with the topic.“What it’s really is talking about is not teaching divisive concepts intentionally or intentionally trying to make a child feel like they're racist or oppressed because they're born of any particular color, so again we need to stick to the things that have been put in law,” she said.|MORE| Mustang superintendent wants chance to defend district after accreditation downgradeWalters, her opponent in the upcoming runoff, has made critical race theory a top talking point in his campaign."You don't want a child, no matter what their race, ethnicity or background is, to be told, 'hey because you're born into this you're a racist or inferior or superior' and this dealt with many different races and ethnicities,” he said.Walters stressed the indecency of teaching students to believe their future is dependent on background or skin color.“We want every child to be told you're going to choose the direction of your life. We want you to know our history — the good, the bad — we want you to know this is the greatest country in the history of the world, we also want you to know the times we fell short of our principles,” he said.|MORE| Audit critical of Oklahoma’s use of education relief fundsThe winner of the runoff will advance to face Democrat Jena Nelson in November. She has argued that critical race theory has never been taught in Oklahoma schools.