The Florida State Board of Education approved new rules Wednesday for how Black history will be taught in public schools that critics are decrying as a “step backward.”
“These standards are a disservice to Florida’s students and are a big step backward for a state that has required teaching African American history since 1994,” the Florida Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union, said in a statement.
The standards are the latest development in an ongoing debate in Florida over how Black history should be taught in school. Earlier this year, the education boarda new Advanced Placement high school course on African American studies, arguing it lacked “educational value.” Under Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov.
More than a dozen speakers at Tuesday’s board meeting opposed the changes, including state Sen. Geraldine Thompson , who helped pass a law in 2020 that requires schools to teach lessons about the Ocoee Massacre. The in 1920 began when several Black residents attempted to vote, and ended with at least as four and as many as 60 people dead, making it the deadliest instance of Election Day violence in U.S. history.State Rep. Anna Eskamani said she was concerned about inaccuracies in the new standards, including instructing that enslaved people “developed skills” that could be helpful.The board passed the new standards unanimously.
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