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Oklahoma official on political test for teaching applicants from New York, California

Name: Oklahoma official on political test for teaching applicants from New York, California
Uploaded: 2025-08-20T17:40:00-0400
Duration: 5 min 27 s
Description: Oklahoma is preparing to require public school teaching applicants from New York and California to take a political leanings test. Critics are calling it a "MAGA loyalty test." Ryan Walters, Oklahoma's superintendent of public instruction, put forward the new exam. He joins "The Takeout" to discuss.

Oklahoma is preparing to require public school teaching applicants from New York and California to take a political leanings test. Critics are calling it a "MAGA loyalty test." Ryan Walters, Oklahoma's superintendent of public instruction, put forward the new exam. He joins "The Takeout" to discuss.