Oklahoma Launches PragerU Teacher Test for Civics and Core Academics

Oklahoma's New Teacher Qualification Test

• 🎯 PragerU has partnered with Oklahoma's Superintendent of Public Instruction, Ryan Walters, to launch a new Teacher Qualification Test.
• 🔑 The test aims to ensure educators possess fundamental knowledge in American civics, constitutional values, parental rights, history, and literacy.
• 💡 This initiative seeks to move education back to the basics and away from what is described as "woke indoctrination."

Addressing "Woke Indoctrination" in Schools

• ⚠️ The test is designed to prevent teachers from pushing a "left-wing agenda" or "woke Marxist" ideologies in the classroom.
• 🔬 Specific concerns include the teaching of gender theory and the concept of 27 genders or gender fluidity, which are deemed unscientific.
• 📚 The test emphasizes teaching American exceptionalism, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution with fidelity.

Test Content and Rationale

• 🧠 The test includes straightforward questions on biology (e.g., primary biological distinctions between male and females) and history (e.g., adoption date of the Declaration of Independence).
• 📊 It is presented as a basic assessment, intended to be easily passable by competent educators, with resources available on the PragerU website.
• 🗣️ The goal is to ensure teachers are teaching what parents want their children to know and to "woke-proof" the classroom.

Criticism and Opposition

• 🚫 Critics, including teachers' unions like the NEA and AFT, are labeled as "enemies of America's children" and are accused of pushing a warped left-wing ideology and seeking power and control.
• 🗣️ The PragerU CEO and Superintendent Walters dismiss claims of extremism, stating the test is common sense and reasonable.
• 🚩 They argue that critics often lack factual basis and resort to smear tactics rather than addressing the test's content.

Broader Impact and Goals

• 🌍 While initially for Oklahoma, the test is seen as a model that teachers and administrators nationwide may want to adopt.
• 🤝 The partnership aims to empower parents and teachers by returning education to factual, academic conversations centered around facts and the curriculum parents desire.
• ✅ The initiative seeks to reward teaching excellence and improve student outcomes, rather than allowing teachers' unions to force a political agenda.