Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 10/11/2025I Am Not a Blue Dot #oklahoma #oklaed #bluedot 010
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Red State Response to Blue State Victories #oklahoma #redstates #prop50 #mamdani 031
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Good Luck, Ryan! #oklahoma #oklaed #ryanwalters 021
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Lesson Plans for the Fall of Democracy #oklahoma #teachers #trump 030
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 02/10/2025I’m looking forward to when Ryan Walters is completely absent from the Oklahoma media landscape. But that day is not yet. He does not get to just walk away. There are so many things he needs to answer for. There is so much harm that will take time & attention to heal. #oklaed 000
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 02/10/2025I taught for approximately 300 days with Ryan Walters as State Superintendent in Oklahoma. He is now gone. I am still here. Today was day one without his hateful presence! Here’s to better days ahead for Oklahoma public education! #oklaed 020
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Oklahoma knows that Ryan Walters really wanted the following, in this order: 1. U.S. Secretary of Education 2. Governor of Oklahoma 3. Fox News Anchor Instead, he is “excited” about the Teacher Freedom Alliance? This was not part of his plan, & I’m here for it! #oklaed 050
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Since January 9, 2023, I have been in a competition to outlast Ryan Walters in Oklahoma public education. I win! #oklaed 1111
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Ryan Walters was the state Superintendent that Oklahoma never knew that we didn’t need. #oklaed 010
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 26/09/2025State Superintendent Sent Oklahoma Teachers the Wrong Constitution. In March of 2025, state Superintendent, Ryan Walters, who recently resigned, sent two “God Bless the USA” Bibles to my school to be used in my AP U.S. Government & Politics classes. (1/7) #oklaed 141
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Ryan Walters is so afraid of big bad woke boogeyman teachers from California. Meanwhile, I’m a leftist, & I teach U.S. Government right down the road from his office. He spreads fear about out-of-state woke teachers when the call is coming from within the house! #oklaed 050
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 02/09/2025I don’t need to take a fucking PragerU test! I already teach U.S. Government in Oklahoma! I don’t teach American Exceptionalism, and I don’t teach American First. Call me woke if you like. Ryan Walters is full of shit! #oklaed 293
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Ryan Walters is motivated by what will keep him in the headlines. That’s what this woke test bullshit is about. That’s what him trying to end state testing is about. It’s what Trump does, so Walters does it. And it works! There’s no clear way to counter this tactic. #oklaed 131
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 24/08/2025So many Oklahoma teachers oppose the hatred and indoctrination touted by Ryan Walters. We don’t need teachers from California or New York. We are resisting from within! We got us! #oklaed 121
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 22/08/2025There are practically no lawyers left in Oklahoma willing to represent Ryan Walters or the State Board of Education. Don’t be surprised next week at the state board meeting if seated beside Ryan Walters is Rudy Giuliani. #oklaed 141
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 20/08/2025If I could indoctrinate my students, I wouldn’t. Full stop. #oklaed 020
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 19/08/2025I already teach in Oklahoma. But I will take Ryan Walters’ anti-woke test. And I will proudly fail it! #oklaed 162
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 15/08/2025If Ryan Walters thinks his political career will benefit from fudging state testing numbers, he will do it. If Ryan Walters finds personal gain in canceling state tests, he will do it. Everything Ryan Walters does is for Ryan Walters. #oklaed 131
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Teaching “America First” is bias. Teaching “America First” is uncritical. Teaching “America First” is ethnocentric. Teaching “America First” is indoctrination. Teaching “America First” is bad pedagogy. #oklaed 030
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Tomorrow I begin year 14 as an Oklahoma social studies teacher. But perhaps more impressive, I will also begin year 4 teaching under the oppressive Ryan Walters regime. #oklaed 051
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 03/08/2025Ryan Walters is extremely unpopular in Oklahoma right now! But the reality is that if general reelection was tomorrow, he would still have a solid chance of defeating any highly qualified Democrat. That’s the incredible stranglehold the Republican Party has on Oklahoma! #oklaed 321
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Oklahoma districts and schools are breathing easier right now knowing that Ryan Walters is a little too preoccupied to keep up his usual pace of constantly hating on teachers and students around the state. #oklaed 011
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Ryan Walters could do himself and all of Oklahoma a favor and go ahead and resign now. #oklaed 010
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Two things that would be immensely better than Ryan Walters getting in serious trouble for inappropriate material on an OSDE device: 1. Ryan Walters was a decent human being not beholden to out-of-state operatives. 2. Oklahoma elected Jena Nelson in 2022. #oklaed 120
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 24/07/2025The anti-woke movement has taken a teacher shortage and made it so much worse! This is apparent in Oklahoma where state board of ed. members quibble over bandaid solutions while ignoring the root cause. Oklahoma will never incentivize its way out of our teacher shortage! #oklaed 011
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 24/07/2025At the OK State Board meeting happening now, Ryan Walters just referred to those of us in public attendance as the “peanut gallery.” Does he know that this is a racist phrase? Yes, he does. #oklaed 010
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 16/07/2025If possessing the full knowledge that Ryan Walters is the undeniable #1 threat to Oklahoma schools is a medical condition, then consider me “Ryan Walters Derangement Syndrome” patient zero! #oklaed 041
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 12/07/2025I recently had a dream in which I befriended Ryan Walters. In the dream, Ryan Walters told me in confidence, “I don’t believe any of this shit, not a single word!” and then proudly smiled at me. #oklaed 000
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 05/07/2025In order to keep my students safe, the following are not welcomed in my Oklahoma classroom: armed police, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Prager U, Turning Point USA, Donald Trump, Linda McMahon, Kevin Stitt, & Ryan Walters. #oklaed 092
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 03/07/2025When Ryan Walters says that new Oklahoma social studies standards are “pro-American,” he is admitting a bias that is certain to run counter to anything “fact-based.” When the facts are not pro-American, Ryan Walters denies the facts. #oklaed 121
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Ryan Walters’ faith leads him to hating immigrants. My faith leads me to hating borders. #oklaed 011
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Today was InspireOK, a one day event hosted by OK State Dept. of Education. Honestly, I forgot, but I’m curious. Last year, I registered many dead racists to attend this conference. I submitted information for Andrew Jackson, George Wallace, Strom Thurmond, & others. #oklaed 000
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Oklahoma is better than and did not ask for Ryan Walters. He was hand picked by our very hateful Governor, Kevin Stitt, who has now decided that Walters is too hateful. Ryan Walters’ greatest accomplishment is being the single most hateful politician in the entire state. #oklaed 071
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 17/06/2025I teach U.S. Government in Oklahoma. Will I teach the new social studies standards? Yes. Will I only teach the new standards? No. Will I teach every single substandard? Probably not. Will my classroom suddenly become “anti-woke” because of the new standards? Fuck no! #oklaed 020
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 07/06/2025The presence of Bibles in classrooms is not necessary for students to understand U.S. History. Ryan Walters knows this. His quote here is an example of a false cause fallacy. Like Trump, Ryan Walters does not care about truth and honesty as an elected leader. (1/2) #oklaed 141
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 29/05/2025If racial justice and DEI were important in 2020 (and they were), then racial justice and DEI are still important in 2025 (and they are). #oklaed 020
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Ryan Walters is a terrible politician and an even worse Christian. #oklaed 050
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Ryan Walters lost today in the U.S. Supreme Court. But Ryan Walters loses every school day when trans students are seen & respected, Black history is taught, and neighborhood schools accept every student. #oklaed 040
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 22/05/2025I’m a cis straight white man & woke educator finishing my 13th year in the classroom. I teach Government & AP Government in Ryan Walters’ Oklahoma. I’m damn good at my job, I write often, & I speak my mind without fear of what small hateful men like Ryan Walters will do. #oklaed 231
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 20/05/2025If I have an hour to write, I can post 25-30 times on an app like this, or I can submit my thoughts to local and state traditional news media. Right now I choose the latter. #oklaed 040
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 07/05/2025My thoughts on the cell phone ban in Oklahoma schools #oklaed www.oklahoman.com/story/opinio...oklahoman.comWithout input from teachers, our Legislature has given us a bad cellphone law | OpinionCellphone use in schools is a complicated issue. The Oklahoma Legislature needs to listen more to public input. 041
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 05/05/2025I want to leave X, but I fought very hard for the 3.7K followers I have there. I haven’t found much traction here yet. I post original content fairly regularly, but I don’t get into the comments much. Any advice or boosts are appreciated! 10252
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 02/05/2025The God Bless the USA Bible has been on a shelf in my Oklahoma classroom for the past month and a half, and I can honestly say that it has changed absolutely nothing about my teaching or my students’ learning. #oklaed 1100
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 29/04/2025I’m not a martyr. I’m just an Oklahoma teacher willing to admit I’m part of the “problem.” I’m part of the problem of supporting trans students. I’m part of the problem of anti-racism in the classroom. I’m part of the problem of religious pluralism in public schools. #oklaed 0161
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 25/04/2025More than what I teach my students, DEI informs how I treat my students. The movement against DEI in schools will set student safety back decades. Think teachers sitting around smoking in the lounge, but instead of smoking, they’re casually using the “n” word. #oklaed 070
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 25/04/2025As long as I am teaching in Oklahoma; diversity, equity, and inclusion will be centered in my classroom and anywhere I have influence. In the end, I don’t need special funding to demonstrate to my students what Dr. King called “The Beloved Community.” #oklaed 060
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Oklahoma, don’t worry about good social studies teachers who will have Christian Nationalist standards starting August ‘25. Worry, instead, for students of social studies teachers who are excited about being empowered to inject Christian Nationalism into their teaching. #oklaed 050
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 21/04/2025I used to wonder what would get us first, the bigots or the robots. Now I realize that what will get us (and very soon) are the bigoted robots. 150
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 17/04/2025This week in my Oklahoma classroom, as part of an AP Government unit on Selective Incorporation and the Due Process Clause of the 14th amendment, I spoke the names: Mahmoud Khalil, Rumeysa Ozturk, and Kilmar Abrego Garcia. #oklaed 070
Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 15/04/2025The future of public education in Oklahoma is more bleak than the current limits of your imagination. #oklaed 050
