Florida Board of Education approves controversial standards for teaching Black history
Florida Board of Education approves controversial standards for teaching Black history
Florida’s Board of Education approved new rules for teaching Black history in the state Wednesday, prompting immediate backlash from critics who describe the updated standards as “a big step backwa…
Florida’s Board of Education approved new rules for teaching Black history in the state Wednesday, prompting immediate backlash from critics who describe the updated standards as “a big step backward.”
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The updated standards on African American history instruction include “benchmark clarifications” to provide additional guidance to teachers on specific topics for instruction. One updated standard that has, in particular, come under fire directs teachers to include instruction on “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”