Florida Education Board Will Require That Students Learn How Slavery Could “Benefit” The Enslaved

Florida Education Board Will Require That Students Learn How Slavery Could “Benefit” The Enslaved

Essence Magazine:

By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated July 20, 2023

On Wednesday, the Florida state Board of Education unanimously approved new standards for teaching about Black history.

One standard for middle schoolers requires teachers to instruct on “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could

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