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The range of educational censorship bills advanced in the past three years are destroying our educational system, with generational consequences for all students passing through Florida schools.
Legal push-back, effective activism against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ culture wars — and a not-as-compliant Legislature — delivered wins against censorship and a hateful anti-gay law ...
The Stop WOKE Act, also known as the Stop Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees Act and redubbed the Individual Freedom Act, is a Florida state law which prohibited schools and businesses from teaching certain concepts related to race, gender, racism, and social privilege.
On Friday, April 21, hundreds of high school and college students throughout Florida are walking out of classrooms to protest Governor Ron DeSantis and his education policies.
In the 21st century in the United States, Republican lawmakers have proposed or enacted legislation to censor school curricula that taught about comprehensive sex education, [20] LGBTQ people, [21] higher-order thinking skills, [22] social justice, [23] sexism and racism, [24] and various left-wing political philosophies.
On February 24, 2022, the Florida House of Representatives passed the Parental Rights in Education Act with 69 in favor and 47 against. [15] Commonly referred to as the "Don't Say Gay" bill by its opponents, it prevents public schools from holding discussions on sexual orientation and gender identity, stating that lessons "may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is ...
Tiffany Justice, who served on a Florida school board for four years and co-founded a national network of about 80,000 parents, Moms for Liberty, agreed, saying the law is needed to fight a ...
Anti-LGBTQ curriculum laws are laws approved by various U.S. states that limit the discussion of sexuality and gender identity in public schools. [1]In theory, these laws mainly apply to sex ed courses, but they can also be applied to other parts of the school curriculum as well as to extracurricular activities such as sports and organizations such as gay–straight alliances. [2]