[GearHeadDave]

Originally Posted by beachmouse

Then why have scores gone down the longer that DeSantis is in office?

Could it be allowing the white supremacists to set curriculum and a curriculum mandate the discourages critical thinking because it might make a ethnic or racial group ‘feel bad’ is starting to shpw negative results in Florida K-12?

Ding. Ding. Ding.

The enemy of any right-wing populist movement are the well educated who make their decisions based on critical thinking and logic. DeSantis has learned that lesson from the Master himself. Trump in 2016: "We won with poorly educated. I love the poorly educated."

[sinatras]

Originally Posted by andrea3821

That’s funny bc homeschoolers do better by most objective measures than public school kids, so clearly we are doing something right. The cool part about our school days is that we can teach them to shoot, we can teach them based on the Bible, we can teach them and have them practice entrepreneurship, we can teach them about the founding fathers, and who cares if they have an F-150 but that’s basically all I see at the rural high schools here, and CFA uses MSG so you won’t find us in that long drive thru.

I rest my case!

[StarryKnight1]

Originally Posted by andrea3821

I never learned anything about the Bible in public school, and the history lessons all were “slavery is bad” and that’s about it.

I did. Was part of world history. We also learned about the other world religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism and others.

[andrea3821]

Originally Posted by StarryKnight1

I did. Was part of world history. We also learned about the other world religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism and others.

Right, that’s the extent of it. Not a study of the Bible per se is what I was meaning.

[andrea3821]

Originally Posted by sinatras

I rest my case!

The point is you don’t have a case in the first place. There is no one size fits all for education.

[rodentraiser]

Originally Posted by beach43ofus

FLA is the most successful state in the USA for the last 70 years...more growth, more freedom, less taxes, most attractive state others want to move to...Florida's been winning for 70 years.

I'll take Florida politics for $200, Alex. The answer is: De Santis. "Why are things in Florida going south now?"

Originally Posted by andrea3821

I never learned anything about the Bible in public school, and the history lessons all were “slavery is bad” and that’s about it.

Waaal, kids in Florida are about to get a whole lot luckier than you. Even though there's been tons of books banned in schools because of things in them like murder, abortion, incest, and the like, the one book that has all these things in it and more and is still allowed will probably now be taught in public schools. Which is what makes me laugh so hard at religious home-schoolers. "No, can't have kids read a book that addresses anything like incest. Better kids read about incest in the Bible."

The best thing I've heard so far is: "Live so that if your life was a book, Florida would ban it."

[xray731]

Looks similar to the national average - scores decreased in 2020 and are just starting to climb this year. The SAT and ACT are required in Florida and some other states - https://blog.prepscholar.com/which-s...ist-and-advice - not everyone is college material - nor should they be.

[1insider]

Originally Posted by andrea3821

I never learned anything about the Bible in public school, and the history lessons all were “slavery is bad” and that’s about it.

Was Desantis governor when you went to school? The curriculum changes are recent.

[Led Zeppelin]

Originally Posted by kyle19125

LOL

It's pretty well established most of the incoming migration is from higher income families cashing out of higher price/higher tax states like NY and NJ with better schools.

Pretty well established, no doubt, because these particular "experts" agree with you.

[1insider]

And just this week the FL Education Commissioner recommended removing credit for the Introduction to Sociology class that is a large enrollment course that will have major effects to many students. The offending criteria seems to be the mention of the words Gender and Race on exams within the course schedule. Students may still take the class but not receive credit which I'm guessing is as effective as removing it.