Principal Schemes to Silence “Whacko” Parents Who Reject Critical Race Theory Curriculum
A ban on teaching Critical Race Theory (CRT) in the state of Florida has been approved by the Florida Board of Education (BOE) Thursday. The legislation was initiated by the state’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, which specified American history in public schools is to be based on “universal principles stated in the Declaration of Independence.”
The proposed rule stated teachers were to be barred from attempting “…to indoctrinate or persuade students to a particular point of view” but did not mention CRT specifically, reports Just the News. However, during the hearing at Florida State College’s downtown Jacksonville campus, the BOE voted to adopt an amended rule which added the specific ban of “critical race theory.”
The amendment sponsored by board member Tom Grady in a split voice vote of the seven-member BOE prohibits “fiction or theory masquerading as facts, such as critical race theory.” The amended rule was subsequently adopted unanimously.
The Florida Education Association (FEA), the state’s largest teachers union, was among critics arguing that the word “indoctrinate” in the rule can be interpreted by partisan ideologues any way they want and called on the BOE to expand the definition of “significant historical events” beyond the lone cited example, the Holocaust.
“Let’s be clear, the word ‘indoctrination’ is a political term used for political purposes,” FEA President Andrew Spar told the board. “And that’s what this rule is all about.”
The word “indoctrinate” was not removed but Grady’s amendment adds language specifically addressing teaching the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Civil Rights movement and other “hard truths” of history.
Spar argued the rule is unnecessary because CRT is not taught in Florida schools but DeSantis refuted that claim in a Thursday news release citing three alleged instances of “attempts to teach CRT” in Palm Beach and Sarasota counties and at Jacksonville’s Douglas Anderson School of the Arts where two school cultural meetings separating students based on race were canceled amid backlash.
Before the vote took place, Governor DeSantis tweeted “Critical Race Theory teaches kids to hate our country and to hate each other. It is state-sanctioned racism and has no place in Florida schools. The woke class wants to teach kids to hate each other, rather than teaching them how to read, but we will not let them bring nonsense ideology into Florida’s schools” he continued. “I find it unthinkable that there are other people in positions of leadership in the federal government who believe that we should teach kids to hate our country.”
Texas School Board Overwhelmingly Votes In Opponents of ‘Critical Race Theory’
A ban on teaching Critical Race Theory (CRT) in the state of Florida has been approved by the Florida Board of Education (BOE) Thursday. The legislation was initiated by the state’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, which specified American history in public schools is to be based on “universal principles stated in the Declaration of Independence.”
The proposed rule stated teachers were to be barred from attempting “…to indoctrinate or persuade students to a particular point of view” but did not mention CRT specifically, reports Just the News. However, during the hearing at Florida State College’s downtown Jacksonville campus, the BOE voted to adopt an amended rule which added the specific ban of “critical race theory.”
The amendment sponsored by board member Tom Grady in a split voice vote of the seven-member BOE prohibits “fiction or theory masquerading as facts, such as critical race theory.” The amended rule was subsequently adopted unanimously.
The Florida Education Association (FEA), the state’s largest teachers union, was among critics arguing that the word “indoctrinate” in the rule can be interpreted by partisan ideologues any way they want and called on the BOE to expand the definition of “significant historical events” beyond the lone cited example, the Holocaust.
“Let’s be clear, the word ‘indoctrination’ is a political term used for political purposes,” FEA President Andrew Spar told the board. “And that’s what this rule is all about.”
The word “indoctrinate” was not removed but Grady’s amendment adds language specifically addressing teaching the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Civil Rights movement and other “hard truths” of history.
Spar argued the rule is unnecessary because CRT is not taught in Florida schools but DeSantis refuted that claim in a Thursday news release citing three alleged instances of “attempts to teach CRT” in Palm Beach and Sarasota counties and at Jacksonville’s Douglas Anderson School of the Arts where two school cultural meetings separating students based on race were canceled amid backlash.
Before the vote took place, Governor DeSantis tweeted “Critical Race Theory teaches kids to hate our country and to hate each other. It is state-sanctioned racism and has no place in Florida schools. The woke class wants to teach kids to hate each other, rather than teaching them how to read, but we will not let them bring nonsense ideology into Florida’s schools” he continued. “I find it unthinkable that there are other people in positions of leadership in the federal government who believe that we should teach kids to hate our country.”