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Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie ripped Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Sunday over his defense of his state adapting a curriculum that teaches students that slaves developed skills that could be used for their "personal benefit."
DeSantis, who is also running in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, is facing criticism over the Florida Department of Education's (DOE) new standards for the upcoming school year regarding the instruction of African American history in public schools. The new standards state that middle schoolers will be instructed about "how slaves developed skills which, in some infsistances, could be applied for their personal benefit," according to a document from the DOE's website. The state board of education approved the new standards on Wednesday.
Debate over the new standards in Florida schools comes amid a broader debate about how students should learn about identities such as race, sexual orientation and gender identity. DeSantis, an opponent of "woke education," has signed into law requirements about how race can be taught in schools. Proponents of this sort of legislation say educators should be obligated to present all sides of historical and political debates when teaching these sorts of topics. Critics, however, have accused conservatives' efforts to restrict discussion of racism as an attempt to whitewash the history of slavery and racial discrimination in the United States.
Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie ripped Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Sunday over his defense of his state adapting a curriculum that teaches students that slaves developed skills that could be used for their "personal benefit."
DeSantis, who is also running in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, is facing criticism over the Florida Department of Education's (DOE) new standards for the upcoming school year regarding the instruction of African American history in public schools. The new standards state that middle schoolers will be instructed about "how slaves developed skills which, in some infsistances, could be applied for their personal benefit," according to a document from the DOE's website. The state board of education approved the new standards on Wednesday.
Debate over the new standards in Florida schools comes amid a broader debate about how students should learn about identities such as race, sexual orientation and gender identity. DeSantis, an opponent of "woke education," has signed into law requirements about how race can be taught in schools. Proponents of this sort of legislation say educators should be obligated to present all sides of historical and political debates when teaching these sorts of topics. Critics, however, have accused conservatives' efforts to restrict discussion of racism as an attempt to whitewash the history of slavery and racial discrimination in the United States.
