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Arazi

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4. Zero CA or NY teachers are moving to OK to teach

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 11:41 AM

Jul 16

Zero.

Teacher pay in those blue states is close to six figures. Last I heard (which I confess was a few years ago), teacher salaries in OK barely hit $40k and many/most work a 2nd job

https://apnews.com/general-news-961ecf8c165e4c15897e8a4ce7bc230c

After a day of instructing first-graders at Oologah-Talala Public Schools in Oklahoma, Melinda Dale puts on a janitor’s uniform and begins cleaning the very same school building.

“I usually do it right after school,” Dale said, “because working with first grade all day, I tend to lose my energy pretty fast.”

Dale, who has taught for six years, earns $32,000 a year as a teacher. She spends about 15 hours a week on the janitorial work, which at $10 an hour which nets her nearly a quarter of her teachers salary…

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Teachers moving from California or New York to OK will have to pass a batshit patriotism PragerU test to keep license [View all] Demovictory9 Jul 16 OP

What teacher in his or her right mind would move from CA or NY to OK? Scrivener7 Jul 16 #1

+1 dalton99a Jul 16 #3

I was thinking along similar lines EYESORE 9001 Jul 16 #9

Move from vibrant, endlessly interesting coastal regions Aristus Jul 16 #13

a spouse of a military member who gets transferred there dsc Jul 16 #16

That's my question, too. MineralMan Jul 16 #22

The only possible motivation (besides a spouse's job) senseandsensibility Jul 16 #29

I followed my husband here. Behind the Aegis Jul 16 #36

+1000. (nt) Paladin Jul 16 #39

Or any sane state? I wouldn't! GPV Jul 16 #42

If the teacher passes basic Constitution knowledge then Jerry2144 Jul 16 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Initech Jul 16 #6

That is exactly opposite my point Jerry2144 Jul 16 #14

It's not a test of knowledge DBoon Jul 16 #28

Zero CA or NY teachers are moving to OK to teach Arazi Jul 16 #4

Fucking what??? Ryan Walters is a lunatic who does not belong in office. He belongs in prison. Initech Jul 16 #5

Dennis Prager was shipped off to a rehab type place after he fell..been out of comission for 7 months Demovictory9 Jul 16 #7

It's totally insane how the GOP continues to morph into the Taliban every day. Initech Jul 16 #8

From what did he fall? EYESORE 9001 Jul 16 #11

Off a ladder. Did serious damage..paralysis above shoulders Demovictory9 Jul 16 #24

This from a state that is losing teachers. Raven123 Jul 16 #10

It doesn't "add up" BigmanPigman Jul 16 #20

Right wingers are more than willing to... Shipwack Jul 16 #33

Yeah, I thought I recalled reading about that a little while ago. tanyev Jul 16 #21

Ok, Jan. flvegan Jul 16 #12

Ideological reeducation sanctioned by the state by any other name... Torchlight Jul 16 #15

Ever since Rufus Fears passed away DFW Jul 16 #17

Who in their right mind would move to Oklahoma? I'd give 'em a mental competency test first Prairie Gates Jul 16 #18

"We're raising a generation of" idiots. Solly Mack Jul 16 #19

I've known a few teachers that moved from OKie and Arkansas to CA Jacson6 Jul 16 #23

Critical Thinking bmichaelh Jul 16 #25

We don't need no progress nor any real education sinkingfeeling Jul 16 #26

LOL! 🤣 mwmisses4289 Jul 16 #27

Easy remedy for this. Don't move to Oklahoma. Who'd want to anyway? Vinca Jul 16 #30

"I'll fight tooth and nail to keep leftist propaganda out of our classrooms" NYC Liberal Jul 16 #31

He's putting Bibles in every class Demovictory9 Jul 16 #38

Democrats in OK should file complaints about the Bible being "woke" with NYC Liberal Jul 16 #41

Good grief, talk about not realizing the facts on the ground, even when they are staring at you in the face? SWBTATTReg Jul 16 #32

Then their education will be severely lacking in the real world. Good luck with that! n/t aggiesal Jul 16 #34

I suspect that won't be an issue for any teacher moving Oklahoma, considering they're moving there is likely game. msfiddlestix Jul 16 #35

OK has a hard time KEEPING teachers, I doubt many are going to come here for shits n giggles. Behind the Aegis Jul 16 #37

A won't even drive through that state, never mind move there. dem4decades Jul 16 #40