Oklahoma’s education chief announced on Aug. 14 that the Sooner State’s public schools are kicking off the 2025–2026 academic year with 4,000 new “America First” teachers who he said won’t promote ideologies inconsistent with state-approved curriculum.
Those teachers, Oklahoma Education Superintendent Ryan Walters said in a statement, “are committed to putting students before woke politics.”
“In Oklahoma, we remain committed to protecting parents, rights, religious freedom, and President [Donald] Trump’s America First agenda.”
Ahead of this academic year, which has already started in some Oklahoma districts, Walters asked the PragerU organization to develop an America First screening tool to filter out prospective teachers from other states who promote progressive ideologies such as transgenderism….