An American Education | 2. Testing Teachers for 'Wokeness'
A vision of public schools by conservatives, for conservatives. The second episode in a two-part series.
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An American Education | 2. Testing Teachers for 'Wokeness'
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Hanna Rosin sits down with Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters to ask him about a purity test for teachers and a nearly scandalous incident that happened days before the interview. And two Oklahoma high-school teachers take very different paths.
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