(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Emery Petchauer, Columbia University (THE CONVERSATION) Oklahoma has become a testing ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — State Superintendent Ryan Walters said educators from California and New York could be required to take an “America First” test if they want to teach in Oklahoma schools. Some ...

A full-page advertisement in The New York Times shows what PragerU says is the entirety of Oklahoma's so-called "woke" test for teachers from left-leaning states. PragerU, a politically conservative ...

No contract exists between the Oklahoma State Department of Education and California-based PragerU, which worked with past state schools superintendent Ryan Walters to develop a test for teachers ...

Teachers from “liberal” states who have relocated to Oklahoma and are seeking to work there must take a controversial new assessment, given for the first time today, that “keeps away woke ...

Prager U published a link to a new ideological test that new teachers coming from New York and California might have to take to work in Oklahoma classrooms. They published the link on Friday. This ...

State Superintendent Ryan Walters speaks at a rally May 21, 2025, in the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City. (Nuria Martinez-Keel/Oklahoma Voice) After weeks of hype, it turns out the Oklahoma ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — State Superintendent Ryan Walters said educators from California and New York could be required to take an “America First” test if they want to teach in Oklahoma schools. Most of us ...