Oklahoma to test teachers from New York, California
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NewsNation on MSNOklahoma testing incoming teachers to spot ‘radical leftist ideology’
( The Hill) — A new test will be administered to out-of-state teachers coming to Oklahoma in a move the state superintendent said is meant to root out “radical leftist ideology” from classrooms. The test, set to be administered by conservative educational platform PragerU, will be required for teachers to receive an Oklahoma certification.
A CNN report described questions allegedly found in a test that was given to teachers from liberal-leaning states by the Oklahoma Department of Education.
Teachers moving to Oklahoma from California and New York will be required to pass a new test to obtain a teaching certificate for Oklahoma, according to Walters, who told CNN the move was designed to keep away "woke indoctrination."
Trump's assault on academia has created an opening for the right-with pseudo-academic organization PragerU to try and fill the void with its brand of conservative content. Oklahoma State Rep. Gabe Woolley defends using PragerU content as a teacher on "The Weekend: Primetime.
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Baller Alert on MSNWhite House Pushes PragerU as PBS Funding Gets Slashed [Video]
The battle over who controls America’s classrooms just hit a new level. With PBS losing hundreds of millions in federal funding, some states are replacing its educational programming with content […] The post White House Pushes PragerU as PBS Funding Gets Slashed [Video] appeared first on Baller Alert.