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 be applied for their personal benefit.”
Per the 216-page document, for high schoolers, teachers are required for instructions to include “acts of violence perpetrated against and by African
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