OKLAHOMA CITY —

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 indoctrinators,” according to Oklahoma’s top education official.

Ryan Walters, Oklahoma’s superintendent for public instruction, told CNN that if applicants do not pass the test, they will not earn a teaching certificate to be able to teach in public schools in the state this school year, which begins for some Oklahoma districts on Monday.

The decision to use the assessment, developed by PragerU, a conservative media company whose teaching materials are now approved for use in public schools in 10 U.S. states, opens a new front in the education culture wars just days before schools are

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