“America First” TEST for Teachers!!

Oklahoma just became the first state to require teachers fleeing liberal strongholds to pass an “America First” certification test developed with PragerU before they can corrupt another generation of students with woke propaganda.

Story Highlights

• Oklahoma mandates ideological screening test for teachers from blue states like California and New York
• PragerU partnership creates assessment on Constitution, American exceptionalism, and biological sex differences
• State Superintendent Ryan Walters declares war on “woke agendas” infiltrating classrooms
• Legal challenges emerge as some board members question implementation authority

Finally, A State That Gets It

State Superintendent Ryan Walters isn’t messing around when it comes to protecting Oklahoma’s kids from the leftist indoctrination machine. His new certification requirement targets teachers relocating from progressive states, forcing them to prove they understand basic American values before stepping foot in an Oklahoma classroom. The test covers the U.S. Constitution, American exceptionalism, and the fundamental biological differences between boys and girls—concepts that apparently need explaining in 2025.

Walters delivered the message crystal clear: “We’re sending a clear message: Oklahoma’s schools will not be a haven for woke agendas pushed in places like California and New York.” It’s about time someone stood up to the exodus of liberal educators trying to escape the mess they helped create in blue states, only to bring their toxic ideology with them.

Oklahoma to introduce ideology test to stop ‘woke’ teachershttps://t.co/lXUGVM6ssE

— PinkNews (@PinkNews) July 27, 2025

The PragerU Partnership That Has Leftists Melting Down

The collaboration with PragerU has progressive education advocates losing their minds, which tells you everything you need to know about how effective this will be. PragerU spokesperson emphasized their honor in helping “reverse the damage caused by these trends by equipping educators with higher-quality resources and holding them accountable to do what is right for their students.” Unlike the teachers’ unions that have spent decades promoting gender confusion and America-hating curriculum, PragerU actually believes in teaching kids to love their country.

This isn’t just some feel-good measure either. The assessment will specifically evaluate whether these transplant teachers can handle teaching actual facts about American history and biology, rather than the revisionist garbage and gender ideology they’re used to peddling. When you consider that states like California are teaching kindergarteners about gender fluidity while Oklahoma wants teachers who know boys are boys and girls are girls, the contrast couldn’t be starker.

Bureaucratic Resistance and Legal Gymnastics

Predictably, some state board members are wringing their hands about legal authority and procedural concerns, questioning whether Walters can implement this without their approval. These are the same types who would rather follow bureaucratic protocol than protect children from ideological poison. They claim existing contractual obligations for teachers to follow Oklahoma standards are sufficient, completely missing the point that many of these incoming teachers don’t believe in those standards to begin with.

The fact that legal challenges are already being floated shows how desperate the education establishment is to maintain their stranglehold on American classrooms. They’ve spent so long operating without oversight that any attempt to ensure ideological alignment with American values sends them into panic mode. Good—it’s working exactly as intended.

What This Really Means for America

Oklahoma’s move represents something bigger than teacher certification—it’s a direct challenge to the leftist monopoly on education that has infected our schools for decades. While states like California celebrate drag queen story hours and New York pushes critical race theory, Oklahoma is saying enough is enough. Teachers fleeing those disasters shouldn’t get to bring the disease with them.

Education expert Heather Peske warns the test “could be a deterrent for some teachers moving to Oklahoma who don’t want to get embroiled in politics.” That’s the entire point—if you think teaching basic American civics and biological reality is “getting embroiled in politics,” then Oklahoma doesn’t want you anyway. The state would rather have teacher shortages than classrooms full of activists masquerading as educators.