{"id":1999986,"date":"2023-08-14T12:42:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T16:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/randi-weingarten-says-floridas-history-curriculum-will-be-terrible-for-kids\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T12:44:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T16:44:10","slug":"randi-weingarten-says-floridas-history-curriculum-will-be-terrible-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/randi-weingarten-says-floridas-history-curriculum-will-be-terrible-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Randi Weingarten criticizes Florida&#8217;s history curriculum as harmful to children."},"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%2Frandi-weingarten-says-floridas-history-curriculum-will-be-terrible-for-kids%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=1999986&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>American Federation of Teachers President Criticizes Florida&#8217;s History Curriculum<\/h2>\n<p>American Federation of Teachers President Randi \u2063Weingarten has strongly\u2063 criticized Florida&#8217;s history curriculum, arguing that the updated syllabus will be &#8220;terrible for kids.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Weingarten \u200cspecifically takes issue \u200bwith a part of the state curriculum\u2064 that instructs teachers to include lessons on how &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-humiliated-as-cnn-panelist-calls-her-out-for-completely-made-up-claim\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris embarrassed as CNN panelist exposes her 'fabricated' statement.\">slaves developed skills<\/a> which, in some\u2063 instances, \u2064could\u200d be applied for their personal benefit.&#8221; This move has sparked controversy, with <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 other\u2064 organizations accusing Governor Ron DeSantis and his\u200c administration of sanitizing the\u2062 teaching of black history.<\/p>\n<h3>Understanding Our History: The \u200bGood\u2064 and \u2063the Bad<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;The political changes that have happened in several of these states will be terrible \u200dfor kids,&#8221; \u2063Weingarten expressed\u200b during an appearance on NewsNation.\u2064 &#8220;Not just for kids of the indigenous nation, not\u200c just \u200cfor kids who are black \u200band\u2062 brown. It will \u200dbe terrible for all kids because \u2062we need to\u200b understand our \u2063history, \u200dthe\u2062 good \u2063and the bad. And frankly, when we understand \u2063the bad, it makes \u2064the\u2062 good so \u2063much more meaningful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Weingarten firmly believes that DeSantis is making these changes to the curriculum for &#8220;political reasons&#8221; and\u200d accuses him of wanting to &#8220;sanitize history.&#8221; She\u2063 further \u200basserts\u2063 that the Florida governor &#8220;knows better&#8221; and should focus on addressing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/randi-weingarten-says-floridas-history-curriculum-will-be-terrible-for-kids\/\" title=\"Randi Weingarten criticizes Florida's history curriculum as harmful to children.\">significant economic issues<\/a> within the \u2062state.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But what&#8217;s going \u200con now is that they&#8217;re using education politically and taking away AP\u200b African American studies from the\u200b kids who were taking it \u2063right then,&#8221;\u2062 Weingarten explained. &#8220;They&#8217;re almost taking away AP Psych,\u2063 which\u2062 is\u200b the most popular AP course in Florida. This not only puts \u200ctheir kids at a disadvantage compared to\u2063 others, but \u2064it also\u200d severely hampers teaching and\u2063 learning when \u200dyou&#8217;re\u200c constantly questioning what you can say or\u200c whom you&#8217;re erasing or \u2063not \u2064erasing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Voices of Opposition<\/h3>\n<p>The new curriculum on\u200d slavery has caught \u2063the attention of Vice President Kamala Harris, who denounced the debate over whether or not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-attacks-extremists-in-florida-after-desantis-education-fight\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris criticizes Florida extremists amid DeSantis education clash.\">enslaved people benefited<\/a> from slavery as \u2062&#8221;unnecessary.&#8221; While she did not mention DeSantis \u2063by name, she\u2062 referred to Florida&#8217;s &#8220;extremist&#8221;\u2064 leaders \u200cand\u200b their efforts to target liberal ideals.<\/p>\n<p>Republican lawmakers, \u2063including several presidential \u200bcandidates, have \u2064also criticized Florida&#8217;s adjusted curriculum. Former Texas \u2063Rep. Will Hurd, who is biracial, stated, &#8220;Anybody that is implying that there was an upside to slavery is \u200dinsane.&#8221; \u2062Similarly, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), who is\u2062 black, firmly stated,\u2062 &#8220;There&#8217;s no silver lining in slavery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>DeSantis Defends Florida&#8217;s \u2062Education Decisions<\/h3>\n<p>Governor DeSantis has defended \u2062the state&#8217;s decisions on education and \u200bpushed back against Harris&#8217;s comments in\u200d a statement on social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Democrats like Kamala Harris\u2063 have\u2062 to\u200b lie about \u200cFlorida&#8217;s \u200beducational\u2062 standards to cover for their agenda of indoctrinating students and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-view-blasts-ron-desantiss-stance-on-black-history-thats-why-youre-30-points-down\/\" title=\"The View criticizes Ron DeSantis's black history stance: 'That's why you're behind by 30 points.'\">pushing sexual topics<\/a> onto children,&#8221; the Florida governor wrote. &#8220;Florida stands in their \u200dway, and we will continue to expose \u2063their agenda and their lies.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Click\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">here<\/a> to read more from \u200bThe Washington Examiner.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten has condemned Florida&#8217;s history curriculum, deeming it harmful for children. She specifically opposes a section that suggests teaching about how slaves acquired skills that could benefit them personally. Weingarten believes this change is detrimental and fails to accurately portray the history of slavery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1999987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1999986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1999986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1999986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1999986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1999987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1999986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1999986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1999986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}