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Oklahoma's 'America First' test for teachers features questions on gender, freedom of religion: report
Teachers from blue states were tested on gender, constitutional rights and U.S. government before being allowed to work in Oklahoma schools, according to a CNN report on Friday.Ahead of the new school year, the states superintendent, Ryan Walters, told Fox News Digital that he planned a new certification test for teachers coming from liberal-leaning states to ensure they were aligned with the states curriculum standards. Teachers were reportedly given the test last week.According to the CNN report, the test was a multiple-choice assessment with approximately 50 questions. One question included "asking teachers to select from a series of multiple-choice answers which chromosome pairs determine biological sex." Another question was "Why freedom of religion is important to Americas identity."RED STATE WILL REQUIRE NEW TEACHERS PASS PRAGERU 'AMERICA FIRST' TEST TO KEEP LICENSE"Other questions include asking for the first three words of the Constitution, naming the two chambers of the US Congress, and identifying the number of US Senators," CNN reported.Walters worked with conservative think tank PragerU on developing the test for teachers, which he described as an "America First" test on basic questions about American history, civics and "common sense."CNN reported that teachers who did not pass the test would not earn a teaching certificate to teach in Oklahoma public schools for that school year.Fox News Digital reached out to the Oklahoma Board of Education and PragerU for comment but did not immediately receive a response.TEACHERS UNIONS LOSE, PARENTS WIN UNDER MAJOR POLICY MOVE SAYS RED STATE SCHOOLS CHIEFWalters told Fox News Digital that the test was made in response to states like California and New York adopting standards that were antithetical to Oklahoma values. He emphasized the need to keep "social justice warriors" from those states out of schools."One of the things that we wanted to do is, first of all, make sure that they're great teachers, right? And number two, make sure we're not getting these woke, indoctrinating social justice warriors in the classroom," Walters said.He name-dropped California Gov.Gavin Newsomas one of the "impetuses" of the change, regarding the state's policy on gender ideology.TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THREATENS TO PULL FEDERAL FUNDS FROM VIRGINIA SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN GENDER POLICY DISPUTEThe California Department of Education requires instruction "about gender, gender expression, gender identity and explore the harm of negative gender stereotypes." Schools must also "teach about all sexual orientations and what being LGBTQ means."CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"We're going to make sure that this isn't creeping into our schools. When we see Maine take the extraordinary steps to fight President Trump Every county in Oklahoma voted for President Trump," Walters said.
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