Oklahoma reportedly reviews potential teachers for “America First” test | Oklahoma

OklahomaThe top education officials are reportedly providing new assessments for teachers from California and New York that will measure their consistency with so-called early states’ conservative values.

Ryan Walters, Oklahoma’s director of public education, told USA Today and CNN It is reported that 50 question certification exams will be launched in the coming days – topics such as “biological differences between men and women”, religious freedom and American history will be asked about.

according to USA Todaythe test also includes issues related to false claims that election fraudsters handed over the 2020 presidential race to Joe Biden, but Donald Trump returned to the White House in January.

Walters explain The test- he has Dubbing The “America First” certification cites the Republican president’s favored slogan – designed to ensure teachers from two Democratic and two states “didn’t enter our classrooms and instill children.”

He told CNN While the test will be available to teachers from California and New York, it may expand to applicants in the future, from up to eight states that want to work in Republican-led Oklahoma public education.

Walters believes this California New York requires teachers to “do things that are contrary to our standards and values as a nation” and assessments will help ensure “these teachers agree to teach what Oklahoma requires.”

The conservative media company Prageru reportedly developed the test.

New Test Like many states in the United States, Oklahoma faces a shortage of teachers. To recruit educators from all over the country, USA Today Oklahoma bonuses can reach up to $50,000, the report said.

Walters claims the state has seen a “sharp increase in teachers who want to come to Oklahoma.”

But critics believe that the new certification requirements will prevent teachers from wanting to come to Oklahoma.

In an interview USA TodayRandi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said the new certification will be a “huge shutdown” for teachers.

“The teachers in this country are patriotic and suggest that they are not insults,” she said.

Weingarten, hinting at Trump’s slogan “Make America Great Again”, added: “Ryan Walters seems to be working for Maga instead of a primary educator rather than a primary education work, because everything he does is about cultural wars, not about reading, writing and arithmetic.

“If he wants to be Margo, then he is Margo.

Cari Elledge, president of the Oklahoma Education Association, responded to these concerns, Call test The state’s “political stunts to attract attention” and “distracted attention to real issues.”

Eledge added: “When political ideology involves whether you can teach anywhere, it can be a deterrent for quality educators trying to find a job.”

News about the first U.S. certification of Oklahoma’s public education system comes after allegations by Walters and colleagues, who saw images of naked women on TV in his office during a closed-door work meeting.

Walters strongly denied the allegations. Oklahoma State Legislative Councilor Kyle Hilbert said that a subsequent preliminary investigation determined that the TV was tuned to a channel that was playing the 1985 Jackie Chan movie called The Protector, which did contain nude scenes. Hilbert said it was apparent that finding false reports by Walters and colleagues apparently ruled out intentional display of inappropriate content, such as Oklahoma News Media Kotv Report.