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They want indoctrination, not education. They can't separate church from state, and their idea of "church" has nothing to do with the teachings of Jesus. It is divisive, not inclusive. It feeds on marginalization, not acceptance. It is about teaching selective history that supports their narrative.
One of the chapters is on the education system, charter schools, and corporate profits. Other chapters cover corporate profit in the military, healthcare, and prisons.
Brain, they have changed the American flag on most of the federal website. The flag they are displaying has 9 stars... A CONFERDATE FLAG. Check out HHS.
They don't want an educated electorate. Dumbing down state education has been a recurring theme for the Anglosphere over the last 40 years. And now we're on the cusp of a white supremacist fascist coup.
The Parental Choice Tax Credit Act has nothing to do with education. It's designed to force American taxpayers to cover the costs of a religious education. This is essentially against the law due to the separation of Church and State but they they find ways to wiggle around it.
Btw, I'm not all that familiar with the tax laws regarding these types of tax credit bills but I have a suspicion that the money does not come out of the general tax fund but comes directly out of the funds that should be going to public education. Can any tax experts confirm or deny this?
How else do you destabilize the public education system so you can use it as an example of failure when it was deliberately tripped at the starting line? Defunding of the school, teachers & ALLOWING school shootings. They want the clergy around your kids like in TX & OK
He is talking about charter schools and siphoning tax revenue out of public education to offer a credit for Charter school education in the state. A tax payer subsidy. ( socialism )
Sabotaging the education department would cast a dark shadow over America's public education system. The system needs upgrading, not dismantling. https://youtu.be/b_mDTOKvyV8?si=SKdGXIKvMSIgfZop
Part 2 Also, ask Governor Stitt why Oklahoma was desperate to hire anyone to teach at Oklahoma schools as long as they had a GED. This is no lie. @briantylercohen.bsky.social A blue dot living in red Oklahoma.
Yup! Emergency teaching certificates are common. At one point, he was gonna let state employees go teach instead of do their actual jobs, if I remember correctly.
Hello @briantylercohen.bsky.social, look into Plaza Towers Elementary in Oklahoma. Ask the staff who has a college degree in education.
You will find a lot of them saying " No." Our Uber driver works there and has a master's degree. He stated he was the only one.
Wasn’t all the gambling revenue supposed to go for the Department of education. It seems to be back in the 90s when they started making it legal in several states to have lottery, it was agreed that that’s where the money would go. I put in more for education with my property taxes then gaming
Also, if the education system has failed so hard, wouldn’t it hold to reason that the people who were educated by it are poorly educated, so therefore have no fucking clue how to teach kids anything?
Parental choice is a movement driven, initially, by #Boomer parents desire to protect their children morally (as they deemed necessary). It's now driven by #GenX parents who fiercely defend their children's world.
It'll become a NON-issue starting in the mid-2030s when #millennials are in midlife.
The perceived moral perils of attending school with minority children. Hyper-protecting those kids from the ravening hordes of minority children. Scratch the surface and it’s the same.
Meh, “school choice” is a euphemism for defunding public schools. Whether the money goes to private schools or unaccountable charter schools, you’re still defunding public education.
I'm in KS and everytime someone complains about how high our taxes are here, I remind them about Oklahoma's schools and Missouri's roads and that usually ends the conversation
I also remember Gov. Sam Brownback's experiment drastically cutting taxes in KS, and wrecking everything so badly that the *Republican* legislature voted to raise taxes to get your state out of its giant hole.
Yeah what's crazy is we've had a Democrat governor since then and people now complain about the taxes even though they're definitely old enough to remember the Brownback days. I think we have a statewide lead poisoning epidemic 😂
My guess is that "education freedom" means you can divert tax dollars to your private school thereby defunding public schools. No surprise they are 49th....
Thanks BT. They are going to continue robbing public schools for voucher scam and their ultimate goal of a state funded religious school if SCOTUS allows.
They want indoctrination, not education. They can't separate church from state, and their idea of "church" has nothing to do with the teachings of Jesus. It is divisive, not inclusive. It feeds on marginalization, not acceptance. It is about teaching selective history that supports their narrative.
That’s very close to the truth, unfortunately. I looked into it and it is some B.S. accolade given primarily by the Heritage Foundation and ALEC - giving a “report card” to every state and ranking them on very right-wing core values. It’s nothing to brag about at all.
And before that George Bush ruined education with his no child left behind where kids did nothing for 22 years but study & test test test until they HATED learning! Now you're going to insert your religion. Republicans are evil &
Wasn't an Oklahoma school superintendent the one who bought so many of the bibles that were sold early on? There was mention of the 10 commandments being posted in classrooms and $60/ child for those Bible classes.
So they can read the $60 bibles your taxpayers bought from trump when you can get them direct from his supplier in China for 5$, (+ 10% tariff) or free on the internet.
The Republicans have had control of everything in our state for over 15 years. It's their fault the system is the way it is. And they make it worse every year.
It's not because I was rich . It's not because I wanted to drive an old car. It was not because I didn't want them to have designer clothes.. .Nope, none of those. It was bc I wanted my children to have a good education that I sent them to private school in ____red state. Public School funds gutted
He is an epic failure to our state. Same for the pathetic Ryan Walters (superintendent of public instruction).
Great reply, btw.
Oklahoma has been killing the public education programs for years. It's about to get much worse.
It's so f'ing bad here. I went to school with people in the 80s with a high school diploma that couldn't read. It has never gotten better. There are so many under educated people. Drugs, domestic violence. There is not a lot of hope for women and children. MAGA!
Oklahoma's Parental Choice Tax Credit Act gives families a tax credit/refund if they put their kids in private schools. Essentially, the taxpayers are offsetting much of the cost of private tuition, money which is no longer going to public schools where it's sorely needed.
Education freedom means repubs hv the freedom to ban books they don't like, make it a law to force Bibles in classrooms, make sure nothing is taught that will make white kids feel bad and try to convince parents that repubs aren't the reason our schools are failing at educating our kids.
"Educational freedom" has got to be the dumbest term to use for taking money from tax payers and transferring it to the wealthy to provide the lowest quality education possible.
Don't get me started on vouchers, what a fucking ruse. I live in Wisconsin, we had the second highest percentage of high school graduates. Now, I believe we are in 17th all because of gerrymandering and one very terrible no good governor who wanted to siphon money from the working class.
Ditto! OK is at the bottom for everything. The are the second highest for incarcerating women. They don't do jack to bring opportunity to the state. Do the research on how other mayors from other states had to show them how to do redevelopment. The place is a waste
So when the DOE is disbanded by DonOld’s upcoming, likely illegal, EO, what happens to all the teachers who were in the federal loan forgiveness program?
The Education Freedom card ranks states based on their education freedom, which includes categories such as school choice, transparency, regulatory freedom, and spending... yea that tells you alot?!
Exactly! We live in FL...
Educational freedom allows parents to select the school that best meets their own children's particular needs
It doesn't have a darn thing to do with education... we're so happy our children our grown - it's the dumbest measurement ever - nothing to do with learning! 🙃
The poor might go to a private school but then when there's a behavior issue they're kicked out & back into now underfunded public schools. Private schools don't have to guarantee kids an education.
Vouchers are just away to subsidize the rich who already attend private school, now they don't have to pay for it taxpayers do. They sell it as choice and say it will help poor kids when in fact it takes money from public schools most poor kids attend.
Exactly! The reason BKs 1/3 pounder didn't do well was bc Americans felt that 1/4 pounder was MORE then 1/3 pounder...
And they still don't understand how they were wrong, because 4 is bigger than 3 🤦🏻♀️
Oklahoma has a crime rate that's also extremely high. One of the highest in the country. I suppose instead of giving out tax breaks, the Governor could focus on dealing with that since MAGA is supposedly all about backing the blue (until they riot in the capitol).
We have some Trump supporters here in Mass. I’ve only seen two types, the ones with money that vote red for tax breaks and to hold others down. The others vote against their own interests.
What the hell is education freedom? The students are free to go to school in one of the lowest ranked states in the country? Maybe worry more about students that can function in a very competitive world? Your education system has nothing to be proud of!
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Heres why musk stopped 🍊man boy from going to jail...
Q. - How many Starlink satellites have burned up?
Currently, the company is incinerating around four to five satellites daily, sending them spiraling down to Earth in a fiery. spectacle—
The Democrats worked so hard to stop people from learning to read before the reps took their slaves away ... To turns out they just needed to invent a thing called a teacher's union ...
@altnps.bsky.social reported 45 mins ago - "Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students"
I think Governor Stitt can change his name to Governor Full of Shit - according to the https://heritage.org Education Freedom Report Card the only rating that Oklahoma has with a 4 in it is 41st for Transparency.
Perhaps this is the real reason that #felon47 wants Canada to become the 51st State, but then again that would mean Oklahoma would come in 50th of 51 rather than 49th of 50.
Brian u also CONFIRMED OK gov complaint- EDU SYSas it existed thru trump 1st term&Biden’s- did NOT improve OK school reading scores—Come up w BETTER rebuttals…Perhaps:Oklahoma BETTER do better than 49th out of 50 w your new FREEDOM We will check back in 6 mos. “Be best” as foreigner Melania says
Unfortunately, I live in this state and cannot get away from this shitshow since I am the sole caregiver for my Mother. Total white "christian" nationalist asshole.
I am guessing the edumacation system in OK is home schooling and parents having sex with their kids. @kevinstitt1.bsky.social knows this to be a truth, and for the items stated above, this would rank them high on some MAGA charts.
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The wealthy send their kids to private schools then recruit the best public school athletes onto their private school teams.
Boosters don’t want to foot that scholarship bill (or their own tuition bills) anymore.
Enter “choice”.
It ain’t freedom. It’s graft.
A poor education system got us where we are now. Now they want to make it worse!
Granted I don’t think Stitt is a grifter, just incredibly unintelligent himself, so this brain dead stuff is on his reading level, Kindergarten.
Keep calling these fools out.
Thank you.
This is a travesty for the children
US school shooting is American disgrace!
You will find a lot of them saying " No." Our Uber driver works there and has a master's degree. He stated he was the only one.
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These bibles also have the constitution in it. You can buy a bible and pocket-sized constitution for a total of ~$7.
“When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”
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https://apnews.com/article/oklahoma-bible-schools-trump-endorsed-f8001269aadca5b41712c6ec80e34f69
Children in his state are failing.
Red states WANT PEOPLE DUMB because if they were smart, republicans would NOT be in ANY kind of leadership rolls in ANY state.
It'll become a NON-issue starting in the mid-2030s when #millennials are in midlife.
For Xer parents, the same issue is about hyper-protecting their children, period.
Your statement assumes no Boomer parents, or GenX parents, are "minorities" themselves.
But, we each get our own lenses. So, there's that.
They can't read it or spell it, they got it. 🤣🙄🤷🏾♂️
Hope this helps.
Keep them poor and uneducated that’s how they retain power
The whole deconstruction thrives on anti-intellectualism.
Great reply, btw.
Oklahoma has been killing the public education programs for years. It's about to get much worse.
And yes it's ok to call them that in a derogatory way
As a description
A joke and menace
For This BS. 💩
Is this what educational freedom looks like?
#TodaysGOP
No problem! You’re fully qualified for a Sr leadership position in any MAGA initiative.
We don’t need no stinking diplomas!
Meanwhile, China just laughs.
“Our kids are free-dumb.”
Also there's an entire reddit sub full of adults who despised being homeschooled and now feel like they are not prepared for the world
The Education Freedom card ranks states based on their education freedom, which includes categories such as school choice, transparency, regulatory freedom, and spending... yea that tells you alot?!
As noted by Brian, OK is overall almost dead last
Educational freedom allows parents to select the school that best meets their own children's particular needs
It doesn't have a darn thing to do with education... we're so happy our children our grown - it's the dumbest measurement ever - nothing to do with learning! 🙃
No, sir.
*freedom*? Is that like made up history and sorta correct math?
Kentucky Rankings
Education #34
Fiscal Stability #43
Health Care #40
Infrastructure #24
MA = 42nd, according to The Pew Charitable Trusts.
And they still don't understand how they were wrong, because 4 is bigger than 3 🤦🏻♀️
Q. - How many Starlink satellites have burned up?
Currently, the company is incinerating around four to five satellites daily, sending them spiraling down to Earth in a fiery. spectacle—
https://x.com/Greg_Palast/status/1885718644572979600?t=81sjPxafyxnpQM96sDGNLg&s=19
The system sucked back then, now it's ten times worse.
We don’t talk much.
Thank you
https://apnews.com/article/oklahoma-bible-schools-trump-endorsed-f8001269aadca5b41712c6ec80e34f69
Don’t believe the HYPE-Public Enemy.
Would you expect any less?
Great job, everyone. 🙌🏻