Red State Will Require New Teachers Pass Prageru 'america First' Test To Keep License

FIRST ON FOX: The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) is partnering pinch pro-Trump acquisition nonprofit PragerU to create an "America First" appraisal for caller teachers coming into nan state.

The authorities Department of Education is presently moving pinch PragerU to create nan appraisal for teachers "relocating from states pinch progressive acquisition policies," which they must return successful bid to get a licence to thatch successful Oklahoma. The caller appraisal will measure educators connected 3 main aspects: knowledge of nan U.S. Constitution, "understanding of American exceptionalism" and "grasp of basal biologic differences betwixt boys and girls," according to a news merchandise astir nan caller assessment. 

The extremity of nan caller appraisal is to guarantee educators align pinch OSDE's committedness to an acquisition "rooted successful truth, patriotism and halfway values," and intends to instill "pride" successful nan nation's history among students. 

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Oklahoma will soon require teachers from retired of authorities to return an appraisal developed pinch PragerU successful bid to get a school license. (Adobe Stock)

"We’re sending a clear message: Oklahoma’s schools will not beryllium a haven for woke agendas pushed successful places for illustration California and New York," said Superintendent Ryan Walters. "If you want to thatch here, you’d amended cognize nan Constitution, respect what makes America great, and understand basal biology. We’re raising a procreation of patriots, not activists, and I’ll conflict bony and nail to support leftist propaganda retired of our classrooms."

OSDE said it was still assessing which states of root will beryllium required, but said California and New York would beryllium included. The nonstop constitution of nan trial is besides still nether improvement but will beryllium finalized successful nan coming weeks. The appraisal will past beryllium implemented instantly upon completion, according to OSDE.

"We’re thrilled to subordinate Oklahoma successful answering parents’ urgent telephone against senseless woke indoctrination," said PragerU CEO Marissa Streit. "This appraisal will extremity utmost leftist ideologues from harming children and guarantee teachers champion America’s greatness and early potential."

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Dennis Prager, nationally syndicated blimpish power talk show big and writer, speaks astatine nan Turning Point High School Leadership Summit successful Washington, D.C., past year. Prager founded nan acquisition nonprofit PragerU successful 2009. (Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Fox News Digital reached retired to aggregate Oklahoma teachers unions for comment. The Association of Professional Oklahoma Educators sewage back, but they declined to comment, citing nan truth they had not been notified of nan specifications of this caller coach appraisal yet. The Oklahoma section of nan National Educators Association besides declined to comment. 

OSDE's caller appraisal for caller teachers is not nan first betterment Walters has ushered successful complete nan past respective months to guarantee students get a pro-America acquisition successful nan state. About six months ago, Walters released updated societal studies standards aimed astatine strengthening civics and law studies crossed each people that "upholds pro-family, pro-America values." 

Ryan Walters is nan caput of nan nationalist schoolhouse strategy successful Oklahoma. (Getty/Ryan Walters)

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Under Walters' leadership, OSDE has besides instituted life school bans for superior intersexual misconduct and different violations of master standards, taken steps to reside antisemitism and moved money from administrative budgets to salary for each students' lunches crossed nan state.