48
submitted 4 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Oklahoma's new "America First" teacher certification test will require educators from California and New York to agree with conservative curriculum.

Teachers from California and New York who want to work in Oklahoma public schools will be required to pass a certification test to prove they share the state's conservative political values.

Regardless of the subject or grade they teach, they'll have to show they know "the biological differences between females and males" and that they agree with the state's American history standards, which includes elements of a conspiracy theory that the Democratic Party stole the 2020 presidential election from Donald Trump, which fact checkers have said are false.

top 22 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 26 points 4 months ago

Teachers from California and New York who want to work in Oklahoma public schools

So nobody ever.

[-] cybervseas@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

Oklahoma: “Fine. We don’t need no teachers, anyhow.”

[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 months ago

No competent teachers.

It's not like any Oklahoma industies needs edumacated peoples.

[-] moondaddy@piefed.social 2 points 4 months ago
[-] Steve@startrek.website 12 points 4 months ago
[-] Chozo@fedia.io 10 points 4 months ago

Hey Oklahoma, why don't you work on fixing your busted-ass literacy rates first? You've got something like 20% of your adult population that can't fucking read.

[-] wizzor@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 months ago
[-] moondaddy@piefed.social 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Oklahoma : 12% of adults function below basic literacy level

31% of adults are at the basic level

This means 43% of adults in Oklahoma have low literacy skills (national average is 21%)

[-] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

Living in Oklahoma currently, your not wrong. Maga got a foot hold here. These people are straight up brainrotted and there is no saving them or redeeming them. I wish I could move. But if we sell our house we couldn't afford to buy another. Also where exactly do we go to escape this hell. With Trump as president, and the GOP having control practically to all three branches. Well there just isn't anywhere to escape tnis hell in America.

Also blue states are practically out financially reach for us poor people, or hell even what little middle class left. I had thought about when kids move out trying the van life, or at least Rv life. But shit they are starting to make that illegal to and deem anyone Living that kinda freedom as homeless and that's illegal in the United States.

[-] Dzheyk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Never thought I'd see a post resonate so perfectly with my own thoughts as well about being in Oklahoma. And this is coming from someone who comes from a very conservative family, worked with very conservative people for most of my adult life, and went through our failed education system. Shit sucks man, but luckily I'm in a position where I get to see that there's people in power who also see the sad state the state is in and are looking to change it. But, I'm also not holding my breath for change..just hoping.

[-] MantisToboggon@lazysoci.al 8 points 4 months ago

ABSOLUTELY NO READING!

[-] rayyy@piefed.social 6 points 4 months ago

Oklahoma is trying for the western Floriduh position.

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

to prove they share the state's conservative political ~~values.~~ propaganda

Coming, of course, from the free speech idiot

[-] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Is there a flood of teachers just itching to get out of NY and CA to go teach in Oklahoma?

Sounds like maybe 2 people a year might be affected.

[-] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Maybe moving there for more affordable housing? People are unironically told to stop complaining about unaffordable housing and move to the Midwest.

[-] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yes, the Midwest is cheaper than the coasts.

But there is a LOT of middle ground between "Expensive coastal state" and "state where escalators are a novelty and there are more cows than humans."

[-] griff@lemmings.world 4 points 4 months ago

Lesser Oklahoma regresses on!

[-] brendansimms@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

This appears to be in response to Tulsa, OK running a program that incentivized people to move to Tulsa, specifically from places like CA and NY and such. A Tulsa based program offered 10K to people who moved there to live for at least one year, or to quote the group running the thing: "“We really were looking to attract knowledge workers to the city of Tulsa, which we knew would help create an economy that was resilient for the future and prepared for what’s ahead,” said Justin Harlan, managing director of Tulsa Remote". So my first guess is that the state legislature did not like this and so is making sure that only the absolute dumbest fucking people are allowed to move there to teach. LA Times Article

[-] Leather@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Oh no! Surely the plan to force Nazi values on OBGYN's so effective, it'll definitely force a value change in educators.

Oklahoma, first in fascism, 4th in grade education level!

[-] ronigami@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Luckily that is completely irrelevant because it’s Oklahoma

[-] AlexLost@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Oh, I'm sure teachers from progressive states are just dying to move to fucking Oklahoma. I needed a good laugh, thanks.

this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2025
48 points (100.0% liked)

News

33669 readers
693 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.


Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.


7. No duplicate posts.


If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners.


The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS