The Republican War on Public Schools (vouchers, religion, graft, testing, etc.): Part 2

[Huckleberry]

Oklahoma to test political leanings of teacher applicants from New York, California

Oklahoma will require applicants for teacher jobs coming from California and New York to pass an exam the GOP-dominated state's top education official says is designed to safeguard against "radical leftist ideology."

www.cbsnews.com

Oklahoma to test political leanings of teacher applicants from New York, California

 

[92tide]

Oklahoma to test political leanings of teacher applicants from New York, California

Oklahoma will require applicants for teacher jobs coming from California and New York to pass an exam the GOP-dominated state's top education official says is designed to safeguard against "radical leftist ideology."

www.cbsnews.com

Oklahoma to test political leanings of teacher applicants from New York, California

that should catapult them right out of their 50th position in public education

 

[Tidewater]

I would agree that a "MAGA loyalty test" for teaching applicants to Oklahoma certification is a bad idea, this looks like another example of the media telling readers what to think of an issue rather than reporting facts.
Oklahoma has not released what the questions are, but they did share the first five of the 50. Of those, AP only provided two: "What are the first three words of the U.S. Constitution?" and "Why is freedom of religion important to America's identity?"
Those are hardly a "MAGA loyalty test." Those are fairly straightforward civics questions. I can only assume that the other three questions provided were even less controversial from AP's perspective.
As for the rest, the devil is in the details.

92tide is correct, however, this is not likely to help Oklahoma hire more teachers or retain the teachers they have.

 

[Its On A Slab]

that should catapult them right out of their 50th position in public education

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[92tide]

I would agree that a "MAGA loyalty test" for teaching applicants to Oklahoma certification is a bad idea, this looks like another example of the media telling readers what to think of an issue rather than reporting facts.
Oklahoma has not released what the questions are, but they did share the first five of the 50. Of those, AP only provided two: "What are the first three words of the U.S. Constitution?" and "Why is freedom of religion important to America's identity?"
Those are hardly a "MAGA loyalty test." Those are fairly straightforward civics questions. I can only assume that the other three questions provided were even less controversial from AP's perspective.
As for the rest, the devil is in the details.

92tide is correct, however, this is not likely to help Oklahoma hire more teachers or retain the teachers they have.

i could be mistaken, but i’m guessing satan will be all over these details

Ryan Walters, Oklahoma's public schools superintendent, said Monday that any teacher coming from the two blue states will be required to pass an assessment exam administered by PragerU, an Oklahoma-based conservative nonprofit, before getting a state certification.

 

[Tidewater]

i could be mistaken, but i’m guessing satan will be all over these details

My sister (a died in the wool Democrat) sent me a story of a politician (I think it was this guy in Oklahoma) in some online meeting and on the computer behind him (and facing the computer used in the meeting) a adult video was playing. So it appears Satan is already on the case,.

 

[75thru79]

My sister (a died in the wool Democrat) sent me a story of a politician (I think it was this guy in Oklahoma) in some online meeting and on the computer behind him (and facing the computer used in the meeting) a adult video was playing. So it appears Satan is already on the case,.

Yeah, but did he have a cat avatar in the Zoom meeting?

 

[92tide]

My sister (a died in the wool Democrat) sent me a story of a politician (I think it was this guy in Oklahoma) in some online meeting and on the computer behind him (and facing the computer used in the meeting) a adult video was playing. So it appears Satan is already on the case,.

it is the same d-bag.

it’s all good though because he says it totally didn’t happen, and if it did it was him, and if it was him, it wasn’t his fault, etc.