{"id":1978571,"date":"2023-07-20T14:42:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T18:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-board-of-education-approves-new-african-american-history-standards\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T14:44:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T18:44:43","slug":"florida-board-of-education-approves-new-african-american-history-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-board-of-education-approves-new-african-american-history-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Board of Education greenlights fresh African American history standards."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflorida-board-of-education-approves-new-african-american-history-standards%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1978571&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The \u2063Board of \u200bEducation Approves New Curriculum Standards for African \u2063American History<\/h2>\n<p>The Board of Education for the state \u200bof Florida has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/detroit-mayor-turns-down-johnson-johnson-vaccine\/\" title=\"Detroit mayor turns down Johnson &#038; Johnson vaccine\">recently approved<\/a> a \u2063set of new curriculum \u2064standards for African American history. This decision comes at a time when\u2062 Florida\u2063 is \u2062at the center of a nationwide\u2063 debate on how \u2063to effectively teach issues of\u200b race \u200bin the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>The new standards are designed to ensure that \u200cstudents learn\u200b about \u2063the\u2063 rich cultural contributions of African Americans, as well as\u200b the history of\u200c the slave trade, the Jim Crow era, and race massacres in Tulsa, Atlanta, and other\u2063 locations. \u2064Additionally, middle \u2062schools \u2064will now include \u2064lessons \u200con the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-rowe-on-the-15-minimum-wage-unskilled-jobs-are-rungs-on-a-ladder\/\" title=\"Mike Rowe On The  Minimum Wage: Unskilled Jobs Are \u2018Rungs On A Ladder\u2019\">valuable skills<\/a>\u2064 that slaves developed during \u200bthis time.<\/p>\n<h3>Addressing\u2063 Criticisms and Controversies<\/h3>\n<p>The administration of Governor\u200d Ron DeSantis \u2063(R-FL) has faced criticism from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-board-shut-out-academics-on-ap-african-american-studies-changes-emails-reveal\/\" title=\"College Board shut out academics on AP African American Studies changes, emails reveal\">black advocacy groups<\/a> and liberal organizations \u2062for\u200b allegedly sanitizing the teaching of African American history. In\u200d response, the \u2063governor and the \u2062Republican-controlled \u2062legislature have \u200cimplemented some of the strictest bans \u2064on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-board-of-education-approves-new-african-american-history-standards\/\" title=\"Florida Board of Education greenlights fresh African American history standards.\">teaching\u2064 critical race theory<\/a> in classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the state blocked \u200dthe College Board from piloting an AP African American\u200b studies course in Florida high schools due to concerns over certain\u200c concepts, such as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-attacks-desantis-for-blocking-high-school-course-teaching-black-queer-studies\/\" title=\"White House Attacks DeSantis For Blocking High School Course Teaching \u2018Black Queer Studies\u2019\">black queer studies<\/a>,&#8221; which were deemed to\u200b be in violation of state law.<\/p>\n<p>The NAACP, which has issued a travel warning for Florida, strongly criticized the new standards, claiming that they \u2062present a\u200d &#8220;sanitized and dishonest telling \u2064of the history \u2062of slavery in America.&#8221;\u200c The group particularly objected to the idea that slaves developed beneficial \u200bskills.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today&#8217;s actions by the\u200c Florida \u200bstate\u2062 government \u2062are \u2064an attempt to bring our country back to a 19th century America where Black life was not valued, nor \u2063our\u200b rights protected,&#8221; said NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson. &#8220;We refuse to \u200dgo back. \u2063Our children deserve nothing \u2064less than truth, justice, and the equity our ancestors shed\u2064 blood, sweat, and tears for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Florida Department\u200d of Education Responds<\/h3>\n<p>In response to the criticisms, Florida\u2063 Department of Education spokesman Alex Lanfranconi defended the new standards, stating that they were\u2062 developed through a rigorous process. He emphasized that the standards\u200d cover all aspects\u2064 of African American history, including the good, the bad, and the ugly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These standards will further cement Florida as a national leader in education, as we\u200b continue to provide true and accurate instruction in \u200dAfrican American History,&#8221; Lanfranconi said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> \u200dto read more \u2063from The\u2063 Washington \u2064Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Florida Board of Education approved new curriculum standards for African American history. Amid a nationwide debate on teaching race, Florida remains at the forefront. The standards mandate lessons on African American cultural contributions, civil rights struggles, and systemic racism. 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