Thoughts and prayers for Fla public schools
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I know, evolution is called a “theory.” But it’s not. No matter what the wingnuts on talk radio say. Evolution is a fact.
And climate change is caused by humans.
But now a Florida politician who says schools are indoctrinating children with science has filed a bill requiring schools to teach alternatives to evolution and climate change.
Like creationism. That’s pseudoscience that teaches kids dinosaurs walked the Earth alongside humans until a great flood washed them all away.
Or that global warming is a hoax, because only God can control the weather.
Ocala Sen. Dennis Baxley defends his bill by claiming that science is unreliable because, “for a long time the official worldview was that the world was flat.” https://www.tampabay.com/florida-poli...
Yeah. Back when the Church was in charge of the official worldview, half a millennium ago. There’ve been a few advancements in how we collect data since then.
The bill’s text was written by the rightwing group Florida Citizens Alliance, who complain that current textbooks are teaching children socialism. These are the same folks behind the push for unlimited school vouchers.
“The group last made news after then-Governor-Elect Ron DeSantis tapped two of its members to serve on his education advisory team. As New Times has previously reported, the Alliance is virulently Islamophobic, has said LGBTQ people are guilty of ‘deviant behavior,’ and claims schools must teach Judeo-Christian values.” https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/fl...
Sen. Baxley, a neo-Confederate revisionist and proud cosponsor the now world famous Stand Your Ground law, has joined forces with former Christian exorcist and self-proclaimed “Demonbuster” Kim Daniels — thank you, Jacksonville — on a bill forcing schools to teach Bible study. This is the same Rep. Daniels authored the law that now requires all public schools to display “In God We Trust.”
Not to be outdone, Miami Senator Manny Diaz, Jr, has proposed to cut school board taxes for seniors, whose education was already paid for by the public.
This is what passes for education policy.
While Florida remains 48th nationally in per-pupil spending and teachers are quitting by the thousands, the governor decides that shuffling the state standards around again will somehow magically fix what’s wrong with our schools.
ICYMI Florida still hasn’t given teachers a raise 10 years after the Great Recession ended.
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