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North Carolina Republicans, joining their colleagues across the country, have been cracking down on public education. Three GOP state senators introduced a bill this week that would pave the way for parents to have school officials removed from their posts and librarians prosecuted for failing to adhere to rules related …

We must promote higher standards for education in the U.S. An overemphasis on memorized, regurgitated data and test-based curricula has driven the deterioration of the American education system. The ability to question, think freely, and consider varying viewpoints has been squashed. In the 1960s and 1970s, American education was a …

With fewer than 700 undergraduates, New College of Florida’s student body is small enough that most of it fits on one reply-all email thread. On Jan. 6, the day news broke that Gov. Ron DeSantis had installed a knot of culture-war veterans to the school’s board of trustees, that student-moderated …

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis claims his state is “#1 in educational freedom” but in the past year the state has leveled an intense crackdown on the principles of free speech Republicans claim to venerate. On Wednesday, the Florida legislature passed a series of bills that will defund diversity, equity, and …

Juno Dawson didn’t want to write This Book Is Gay. Dawson, a U.K.-based author,had spent seven years as a sexual education and wellness teacher. But when she was approached in 2012 by her publisher to create a comprehensive guide to LGBTQ+ sex education, she tells Rolling Stone she was initially …

Studies Weekly, whose curriculum reaches 45,000 schools across the country, went to extreme lengths to cater to Ron DeSantis‘ hellish vision of Florida. In an effort to protect its sales, the publisherremoved references to race, including the history of Rosa Parks, from its social studies material, the New York Times …

A new bill was introduced in Florida this week that would give Gov. Ron Desantis more power over state schools, and allow the Republican politician to ban gender studies and critical race theory, along with diversity and inclusion initiatives, at Florida colleges, CNN reports. The legislation, which follows through with …

The College Board, the group that publishes Advanced Placement (AP) exams, accused Florida‘s Education Department, under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ leadership, of “slander” over comments that its proposed curriculum for a pilot AP African American Studies course “lacks educational value.” The College Board also refuted reports that it caved to …

The College Board has stripped down its proposed Advanced Placement African American Studies curriculum to remove topics that Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Department of Education accused of violating the state’s “Stop Woke” law. Florida blocked testing of the program in the state’s schools earlier this month on grounds …

At first glance, the University of Central Florida looks the same as ever. Students mill around the modern, spread-out campus, crowding into the food court, making plans for the weekend. But beneath the surface, Governor Ron DeSantis’s Orwellian campaign against “Critical Race Theory” has caused professors to cancel classes that …