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nycfan said:
Trump posts/amplifies a video about teachers from blue states have to pass an America First test in order to teach in Oklahoma.



Republicans to Roll Out ‘America First’ Test For Teachers Arriving From Blue States​


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Oklahoma to Roll Out 'America First' Test for New Teachers

The state's Superintendent, Ryan Walters, says the test will ensure teachers arriving in Oklahoma align with its values.
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“…"One of the things that we wanted to do is, first of all, make sure that they're great teachers, right? And No. 2, make sure we're not getting these woke, indoctrinating social justice warriors in the classroom," the state’s Superintendent Ryan Walters said in an interview with Fox Digital.

Walters said that every teacher moving to work in Oklahoma must pass the test in order to begin teaching, and that Conservative think-tank PragerU will assist in the development of the test.

“We put the Bible back in our history standards," Walters said, adding that the ‘America First’ test would include questions based on American history and “common sense.”

Walters said the teaching of gender identity in other states was one motivation for the test, which will roll out in time for the upcoming school year. “We started seeing states like California, New York, Maine as well, that are putting out directives… saying ‘In this state you’ve got to teach your 27 genders’,” he said.…”

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Look out, Alabama and Arizona, Oklahoma has its eye on your spots.

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www.oklahoman.com

Oklahoma schools rank 50th in the nation in latest education quality study

Researchers say the study is meant to dive into how funding is often an indicator of a public school's success, but many factors come into play.
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“… Out of a total of 100 points - 80 points for quality education and 20 for school safety - Oklahoma scored a total of 32.62 points. While the state’s safety rank places it at 34th safest nationwide, the quality of education tells a vastly different story.

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The survey consistently placed Oklahoma in the bottom 10 states for numerous categories, including:

  • Median ACT Score (49)
  • Reading Test Scores (48)
  • Dropout Rate (46)
  • Median SAT Score (45)
  • Math Test Scores (44)
  • Pupil-Teacher Ratio (39)
The categories were scored based on 32 relevant metrics for each section. …”
 
nycfan said:
Trump posts/amplifies a video about teachers from blue states have to pass an America First test in order to teach in Oklahoma.



Republicans to Roll Out ‘America First’ Test For Teachers Arriving From Blue States​


time.com

Oklahoma to Roll Out 'America First' Test for New Teachers

The state's Superintendent, Ryan Walters, says the test will ensure teachers arriving in Oklahoma align with its values.
time.com time.com

“…"One of the things that we wanted to do is, first of all, make sure that they're great teachers, right? And No. 2, make sure we're not getting these woke, indoctrinating social justice warriors in the classroom," the state’s Superintendent Ryan Walters said in an interview with Fox Digital.

Walters said that every teacher moving to work in Oklahoma must pass the test in order to begin teaching, and that Conservative think-tank PragerU will assist in the development of the test.

“We put the Bible back in our history standards," Walters said, adding that the ‘America First’ test would include questions based on American history and “common sense.”

Walters said the teaching of gender identity in other states was one motivation for the test, which will roll out in time for the upcoming school year. “We started seeing states like California, New York, Maine as well, that are putting out directives… saying ‘In this state you’ve got to teach your 27 genders’,” he said.…”
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“We put the Bible back in our history standards," Walters said ...

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EyeballKid said:
I caught a good chunk of it this afternoon. Sobering and depressing.
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It was definitely sad to listen to much of it; it was good to hear a “Reagan conservative” speak as he did/does - and, I realize Luttig has been sounding the alarm about Trump, MAGA, and SCOTUS for a good while.
 
lawtig02 said:
“We put the Bible back in our history standards," Walters said ...

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Myth and superstition is so much more important than truth and knowledge.

Maybe this will be sufficient reason to treat the Bible and other so called holy texts like the Greek and Roman myths like they belong to be. All are antithetical for the most part to a civilized and educated democracy.
 
finesse said:
Myth and superstition is so much more important than truth and knowledge.

Maybe this will be sufficient reason to treat the Bible and other so called holy texts like the Greek and Roman myths like they belong to be. All are antithetical for the most part to a civilized and educated democracy.
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Unfortunately, I suspect that's the exact opposite of what Walter's intended with that comment.

I would disagree the Bible (or any other ancient texts) are "antithetical" to an educated democracy. I think they have an important role in our understanding of historical anthropology and, to some extent, ancient history. But they OBVIOUSLY cannot be used as verbatim historical texts. That's never what they were intended to be, even when they were written/edited over time. And yet, I'm sure that's exactly how Walter intends to teach the Bible to Oklahoma children, whether they want it or not.
 
nycfan said:
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As I’ve said multiple times, they’ll federalize elections and just outright rig them. They have intention to make the GQP the permanent power party, because that’s what fascists do. It’s already getting clearer and clearer they’re preparing for a violent overthrow of the entire system of institutions, including elections.

Fascists have always disappeared political opponents and held kabuki elections. This Texas gambit is a huge leap towards that becoming the norm. IMO, they’ll federalize elections, arrest elected dems, and the violent schism will become unavoidable.
 
nycfan said:


you think anyone takes the x files seriously GIF by The X-Files
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Cool story. And Obama WAS relieved to get a 2.0% third quarter GDP estimate in October. He would have been more relieved had he known the second and third estimates for the third quarter in 2012 would increase it to 2.7% and then 3.1% …


Gross Domestic Product, 3rd quarter 2012 (third estimate); Corporate Profits, 3rd quarter 2012 (revised estimate) | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States -- increased at an annual rate of 3.1 percent in the third quarter of 2012 (that is, from the second quarter to the third quarter), according to the "third" estimate...
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GDP Growth Accelerates in Third Quarter | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 2.7 percent in the third quarter of 2012 after increasing 1.3 percent in the second quarter, according to estimates released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The third-quarter growth rate was revised up 0.7 percentage point from the advance...
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nycfan said:
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Trump and Schumer couldn’t clinch a deal. Now a shutdown hangs in the balance.​

Ahead of a critical spending showdown, the two leaders' relationship is almost nonexistent.


“… The president pulled the plug on a possible deal to confirm some administration nominees, while the Senate’s top Democrat — under pressure from his party to take a tougher stand — boasted afterward that Trump came away with nothing.

Now, the two men are headed toward a fall rematch with much higher stakes: whether to keep the federal government open past a Sept. 30 funding deadline.

… Schumer and Democrats demanded that Trump unfreeze congressionally approved spending in return for consenting to the swift approval of some nominees. Trump would not pay the price.

… He [Schumer] kept the heat on Monday, joining with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to demand a so-called four corners meeting with Thune and Johnson to discuss a government funding strategy lest a government shutdown hit Oct. 1. (Republicans, who accuse Schumer of “breaking” the funding process, haven’t responded.)…”
 
lawtig02 said:
Unfortunately, I suspect that's the exact opposite of what Walter's intended with that comment.

I would disagree the Bible (or any other ancient texts) are "antithetical" to an educated democracy. I think they have an important role in our understanding of historical anthropology and, to some extent, ancient history. But they OBVIOUSLY cannot be used as verbatim historical texts. That's never what they were intended to be, even when they were written/edited over time. And yet, I'm sure that's exactly how Walter intends to teach the Bible to Oklahoma children, whether they want it or not.
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What insight into either anthropology or history does it give? It's a collection of myths and exaggerations that have almost no substantiating evidence. There's no evidence supporting a captivity in Egypt or an Exodus or a covenant concerning a Promised Land. There's no evidence of Moses , we know the Creation story is bunkum and that the whole Christian story was corrupted by Paul and coopted by white people. And, fwiw, if the stories in the Gospels are to be believed ( a dubious idea at best) while Jesus might have attested to the validity of the OT, no one of any comparable standing has or can attest to the validity of either the NT or of the process by which it was compiled.
 
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