The Florida Department of Education stated that the Biden administration 'intentionally misrepresented' the state's revised African-American history standards.
Comments made by Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona prompted the Florida Department of Education to fire back.Harris told a Jacksonville crowd last week that Florida’s new state-wide Black history curriculum replaces"history with lies," setting the tone for liberal pundits and reporters to scold Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Harris claimed middle-school students in Florida will be"told that enslaved people benefited from slavery.
But critics have been quick to argue the Vice President's claims are a misrepresentation of the new curriculum standards, which were approved by Florida's Education Department last week. Florida's new standards for African-American history actually states,"Instruction includes how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit."ripped Harris, accusing her of being"obsessed" with Florida, and described the Biden administration of trying to indoctrinate students.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis responded on Twitter, saying"Democrats like Kamala Harris have to lie about Florida's educational standards to cover for their agenda of indoctrinating students and pushing sexual topics onto children. Florida stands in their way and we will continue to expose their agenda and their lies."
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