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Oklahoma will require teachers from NY, CA to prove they back 'America First' (www.usatoday.com)

submitted 7 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 76 points 7 months ago (3 children)

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

So nobody ever.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Sometimes, teachers are married and their spouses can end up needing to move somewhere for their work.

In the past, it was a small benefit that teachers could find work anywhere they went.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago

People from Bakersfield returning to their ancestral homeland?

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago

It used to be a sort of soft benefit that teachers could always find work. It’s not like many industries, where work is only available in certain areas. Like if you were a teacher and wanted to just pack up and move across the country, you could be reasonably certain that you’d be able to find work quickly. It meant that if you needed to suddenly relocate for some external reason, (family health issues, spouse got a new job, politics, etc) that you could do so without a ton of fuss.

Imagine if you were a teacher from California, married to an electrical engineer. They get a job at Texas Instruments, and need to relocate to Texas. You’re able to afford a McMansion with the California money, so you find a nice house and are able to find work in whichever neighborhood you happen to land in. The only real consideration is based on your spouse’s job, not yours. Oklahoma is trying to change that, because now your job prospects will be based on whether or not you’re willing and able to pass this propaganda test.