The Florida State Board of Education will vote on new standards that would expand teaching about communism.
In other words, there’s no sugar coating the blood-soaked political ideology. From Campus Reform:
The updated standards seek to highlight many aspects of the ideology, including the “suffering of the victims of communism,” as well as “how communist movements … use propaganda to gain and maintain power.” This review aligns with the state’s effort to provide students a fuller understanding of political ideologies and their real-world impact.“In 2024, Governor DeSantis expanded Florida’s commitment to teaching students the lasting consequences of communism by signing Senate Bill 1264 into law,” Florida State Board of Education Chair Ryan Petty told Campus Reform. “This bill requires comprehensive instruction on the history of communism beginning with the 2026–2027 school year.”—The bill focuses on many aspects of communism, including the “Atrocities committed in foreign countries under the guidance of communism” as well as “Comparative discussion of political ideologies, such as communism and totalitarianism.”The bill also put a major focus on the Department of Education “seek[ing] input from any individual who was a victim of communism,” in the creation of their new guidelines.—One academic standard proposed around the new curriculum point would have students be able to “Identify the factors that led to the decline and fall of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.”Another standard outlined in the document is that students must be able to “Compare The Communist Manifesto (1848) and the Bill of Rights in their views on individual rights, property, and government.”
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