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A public constitution faculty principal in Florida was not too long ago given the boot. Her offense? Not sending a warning letter out to oldsters earlier than an art instructor confirmed a Sixth-grade class a photograph of Michelangelo’s David statue. Two mother and father complained they weren’t notified and one referred to as the sculpture “pornographic.” And a principal misplaced her job.
Sadly, this incident is minor in comparison with all the opposite instructional purges taking place in Florida. Numerous payments are working their manner by the legislature — on their approach to getting used as marketing campaign props for Ron DeSantis and different demagogues. But it’s not simply Florida, a lot of different states are hopping on the (largely Republican) push to ban books and speech. Not to be outdone, the U.S. House of Representatives simply handed the “Parents Bill of Rights.”
Don’t be fooled by the discuss of “parents rights.” This laws simply codifies rights mother and father have already got and points a clarion name to a handful of right-wing mother and father and activists who suppose they know higher than educated educators.
And in case you occur to be soon-to-be-presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, speaking about naughty books certain beats speaking about your plans to slash Medicare and Social Security.
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