Months again, Florida\u2019s Division of Schooling rejected the course<\/a>, with state officers claiming that it had a \u201cpolitical agenda\u201d that will indoctrinate college students.<\/p>\n The School Board revised the curriculum in February, however that drew criticism too<\/a>, together with from those that accused the academic physique of caving to the calls for of the conservative governor, who’s now operating for president.<\/p>\n The new framework<\/a> launched this week excludes some subjects that DeSantis had criticized, such because the Black queer expertise, based on the Miami Herald<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n However it additionally features a point out of former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick\u2019s protest of police brutality<\/a> in the course of the nationwide anthem, in addition to a reference to Black Lives Matter for example of elective additional research within the class.<\/p>\n The governor\u2019s workplace deferred remark to the Florida Division of Schooling, which didn’t instantly reply to NPR\u2019s request for remark.<\/p>\n Roughly 13,000 college students in 700 faculties throughout the U.S. are at the moment piloting <\/a>the course.<\/p>\n
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