Exclusive: Oklahoma to begin controversial test to weed out ‘woke’ teacher applicants today

This article covers Oklahoma's controversial teacher certification assessment, developed by PragerU. The reasoning is weakened by biased language, such as characterizing the test as “a loyalty test” or emphasizing “unaccredited” in ways that subtly delegitimize without unpacking legal standards. A false cause fallacy emerges in linking PragerU’s influence to federal-level endorsements, implying causation where there may be correlation. The piece invokes appeal to emotion by referencing war crimes and suggesting cultural indoctrination. Straw man distortions occur in paraphrasing opponents’ views as anti-American. Ambiguity is also present in the vague depiction of the test content and authority behind it.