Florida’s Board of Education recently released new Black history standards. Theyrequirethat middle school students learn “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied to their personal benefit.” The board also mandated that the high school curriculum for the1920 Oc...
Two members of the work group that established the standards said in a statement to CBS News that they "proudly stand behind" the language of the lessons, saying that the curriculum provides "comprehensive and rigorous instruction on African American History." Florida Governor Ron DeSan...
Black history education battle in Florida The Florida Board of Education is facing backlash after new standards for teaching Black history were announced, including the suggestion that some benefited from slavery. July 22, 2023 Additional Live Streams Live ABC News Live Live Senate considers Northern ...
Florida approves new black history education standards03:48 Share this - Copied Academic and author Michael Eric Dyson joins Ana Cabrera to break down the new changes to Florida’s black history standards, warning what is being done is intended to “distort what happened back then to manipulate ...
MATT GAETZ CALLS DESANTIS 'THIRSTY' FOR INVITING KAMALA HARRIS TO DISCUSS BLACK HISTORY STANDARDS "Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has an unmatched legacy of social justice, advocacy, and leadership for the Black community," said Lonzer. He went on to say, "In this environmen...
Kamala Harris blasts Florida's new education standards on Black history The vice president traveled to Florida slamming the state's new education changes that teach about slavery "benefits." July 22, 2023 Additional Live Streams Additional Live Streams ...
Her remarks joined a chorus of criticism in response to theFlorida Board of Education’s new standards for teaching Black historyin public schools. The 216-page document, approved last Wednesday, details Black history lessons that selectively omit or obscure facts about Am...
of Florida’s volunteer African American History Standards Workgroup, which wrote the curriculum. The group worked publicly for a little over two months with the goal of "creating an independent curriculum for African-American history for the first time," and the state added the finishing touches...
The early history of Europeans in Florida reflects the conflicts of the Spanish, French, and English crowns for empire and wealth. Juan Ponce de León ventured to the peninsula in 1513 and 1521. Because he landed on the peninsula during the Easter season (Spanish: Pascua Florida [“Season of...
(formerly anational monumentthat was designated a UNESCOWorld Heritage sitein 1979), contains some 2,350 square miles (6,100 square km) in the heart of auniquenatural region. Florida’s rich history is preserved in such places asSt. Augustine, the country’s oldest town, portions of which ...