Posted on 08/31/2025 11:27:00 AM PDT by DFG
If you want to apply to be a teacher in Oklahoma, prepare a resume, references — and to take a 34-question test about civics. Here, Marissa Streit, the CEO of PragerU, which developed the test, and Ryan Walters, the superintendent of education for Oklahoma, explain the reason behind the test and respond to the backlash.
Oklahoma and PragerU have introduced a Teacher Qualification Test: a straightforward assessment to ensure educators know American civics, constitutional values, parental rights, and the basics of history and literacy.
Before the questions were even published, national media outlets launched a coordinated smear campaign. That isn’t fair-minded criticism. It’s sabotage.
When Oklahoma asked PragerU to assist, it was not to impose ideology, but to restore competence and ensure that new teachers understand what Oklahoma’s families expect in their classrooms.
Parents expect teachers to be able to identify the three branches of government, understand Supreme Court precedents that affect education, protect children’s innocence, and recognize why freedom of religion matters.
That is not “extremism” — it is the bare minimum.
Instead of waiting for facts, the press pounced. That tells you everything about their motives. As Ronald Reagan warned, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.”
If our teachers don’t understand the basics, how can they prepare the next generation to defend their rights?
Americans have awakened to the problem: students are falling behind, parents feel ignored, and classrooms too often replace fundamentals with politics.
Families want teachers who teach — not activists.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Leftists are the only ones who could have a problem with this test. Kind of a relief.
Not talking about politics doesn’t put a teacher “in lock step with the government”. But talking about politics certainly could. Or, perhaps I missed your point.
Where in the Constitution is this:
“the most protected speech is that which is the minority position.”
All speech is equal unless it encourages violence. Speech by a majority isn’t less protected than speech by a minority, they are both equal in protection.
At the bottom of the linked NY Post article ... duh!
When I start scrolling to the bottom of these creepy newspapers I’m subjected to horrific images.
I don’t go there unless directed. Then I’m wary
This test Is just brainwashing 101. Not even news
I advise younger women in social and work circles don’t have a job you have to have. Marry a provider. Yes. In this economy that’s not many. So what. Do not put your kids through any of this
14. Who signs bills into law?
A. The vice president
B. The chief justice
C. The president
D. The speaker of the House
E. Otto Penn, the great great great great great grandson of William Penn
100%, but I had to guess on the Supreme Court decisions for which answer would make the Dems the angriest.
LOL
The correct answer is “E”: All of the above.
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