A coalition of groups, including the Florida Education Association Teachers Union, is calling for the rejection and redrafting of the standards.
Vice President Kamala Harris is heading to Florida on Friday to speak on protecting the freedom to learn and teach the country's history.
"If anyone takes the time to actually look at the standards, you can see that everything is covered. From elementary school, where we start talking about those who have been prominent African Americans, and as age appropriate, we go into some of the tougher subjects, all the way into the beginnings of the slave trade, Jim Crow laws, civil rights movement, everything that occurred throughout our history," said Diaz Jr.
Perhaps the biggest issue for critics is a section in the state’s summary of the new standards that includes instruction on"how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied to their personal benefit." Last year, DeSantis signed the"Stop WOKE Act," a piece of legislation that restricts how race is discussed in schools and workplaces.
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