{"id":2002970,"date":"2023-08-16T19:17:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T23:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessees-justin-pearson-protests-education-policy-in-florida\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T19:19:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T23:19:39","slug":"tennessees-justin-pearson-protests-education-policy-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessees-justin-pearson-protests-education-policy-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Pearson from Tennessee protests education policy in Florida."},"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\">18<\/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%2Ftennessees-justin-pearson-protests-education-policy-in-florida%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=2002970&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>Democratic Tennessee State\u2062 Rep. Justin Pearson Joins Protest Against Florida&#8217;s Black\u200d History Teaching Standards<\/h2>\n<p>Democratic Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson \u2062joined dozens of teachers, students, and educational activists\u200c in marching to a Miami county school\u200b board meeting to\u200d protest Florida&#8217;s black \u2062history teaching standards, a controversial\u200c policy debate in\u200c recent months.<\/p>\n<p>Around\u200b 50 protesters, including Pearson, marched\u200d a mile from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/propublica-race-neutral-traffic-cameras-still-racist-more-tickets-for-majority-black-zip-codes\/\" title=\"ProPublica: 'Race-Neutral' Traffic Cameras Still Racist \u2014 More Tickets for Majority-Black ZIP Codes\">majority-black neighborhood<\/a> to attend the Miami-Dade County <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-school-district-announces-policy-to-push-anti-racist-thinking-in-preschool-redefine-discrimination-and-racism\/\" title=\"Maryland School District Announces Policy to Push \u2018Anti-Racist Thinking\u2019 In Preschool, Redefine \u2018Discrimination\u2019 and \u2018Racism\u2019\">school board meeting<\/a>, the same \u200ddistrict Gov.\u2062 Ron DeSantis (R-FL) flipped red in 2022. He was the first Republican to do so since \u200d2002.<\/p>\n<h3>Pearson&#8217;s Powerful Message<\/h3>\n<p>Pearson was one of the speakers outside of the school board meeting on Tuesday\u2062 as \u200dpart of the \u2063&#8221;Teach No Lies&#8221; protest. He was one \u2064of the \u200b&#8221;Tennessee Three,&#8221;\u200b three Democrats expelled \u200cfrom the \u2063state legislature for participating in a\u200c protest for gun control following a mass school \u2062shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe true history is that Black people have\u2063 always fought to make America \u2062what it ought to \u2063be, and it has always resisted what it \u2064could be,\u201d Pearson told the \u2063crowd Tuesday, per\u2063 the Associated Press. \u201cWe\u2019ve\u2062 always\u2063 fought \u2062for the America that we\u200b know is \u2062possible.\u2064 That is \u2062not\u2064 here yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis&#8217; Controversial \u200dMeasures<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis has\u200b spearheaded \u2062several legislative measures targeted at Florida&#8217;s educational system, banning or restricting\u200b LGBT topics and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-rolls-out-plan-to-rip-the-woke-out-of-americas-armed-forces\/\" title=\"DeSantis unveils strategy to eliminate woke culture from US military.\">critical race \u200btheory<\/a> \u2062from being \u2062taught in schools. Most recently, he engaged in a back-and-forth battle with the College Board over its Advanced Placement \u200bAfrican American \u200bStudies course.<\/p>\n<p>Pearson&#8217;s Return and Reappointment<\/p>\n<p>Pearson was\u200c sworn back into the\u200c state\u2062 House of \u2062Representatives in \u2063April. He and Democratic state Rep.\u200b Justin Jones were unanimously reappointed\u2063 by their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessees-justin-pearson-protests-education-policy-in-florida\/\" title=\"Justin Pearson from Tennessee protests education policy in Florida.\">respective county \u2063commission councils shortly<\/a> after being \u2062expelled. Pearson and Jones won reelection to their seats in the Tennessee \u200dGeneral Assembly on Aug. \u20633.<\/p>\n<p>Florida&#8217;s\u2062 Black\u2062 History Education \u200cStandards<\/p>\n<p>Florida&#8217;s black history\u2063 education standards \u2062were passed last month and require lessons on \u200brace to be taught in an \u201cobjective\u201d manner that does not \u2062seek to \u201cindoctrinate or persuade students to a particular point of view,&#8221; according to the\u2064 course\u200d outline.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis vs. Harris<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis has defended the \u2063educational standards,\u2064 despite the course outline including instruction on \u200chow slaves benefited\u2062 from the skills \u2063they\u200b learned. Vice President Kamala Harris \u2062and \u2062the Florida governor have taken turns\u2063 throwing\u2062 insults and \u200dcriticism at each other over the state&#8217;s\u2064 <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.\">black history standards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from The\u200c Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson, along with teachers, students, and activists, marched to a Miami county school board meeting to protest Florida&#8217;s black history teaching standards. This policy debate has sparked controversy in recent months. 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