DeSantis "is pushing for a new law so parents can "inspect curriculum," and sue schools if they catc

[Demovictory9]

is pushing for a new law so parents can “inspect curriculum,” and sue schools if they catch teachers who “smuggle in” any “inappropriate content.”

Link to tweet

[jaysunb]

1. Sowing more seeds of chaos and division. Nt

[Frasier Balzov]

2. One jerk interviewing another jerk.

[Haggard Celine]

3. Republicans are working around the clock

to destroy the public school system.

[gab13by13]

12. Not just the public school system,

aren't there some universities who get money from American oligarchs who then have a say in who gets hired?

[LastDemocratInSC]

18. Yes. The Kochs have been doing that at FSU (I think it's FSU).

[Grokenstein]

4. If anyone's teaching *me* to hate the American system

...it's the GQP.

[alphafemale]

5. I only had one or two teachers who told history from a "Not blessed white" book

Manifest Destiny is bullshit.

[NanceGreggs]

6. If only he was as dedicated ...

... to keeping Covid and armed gunman out of classrooms as he is ensuring that actual thinking doesn't get smuggled in.

[Aussie105]

7. Sorry.

The curriculum is inside my head.

Please make a list of what I should NOT teach, I will print a big copy and post it in my classroom so the students can check I'm doing it right.
The list of course will need to be vetted by the school board and Principal.

I will get every student to write a multipage report on my performance avoiding taboo subjects at the end of each week, to take home, so you can see how I did.

[Scrivener7]

16. LOL! Perfect approach! "Kids, you are not allowed to know about X, Y and Z. Here

is the list, right here on the blackboard. You keep tabs on whether I ever mention X, Y or Z. Because you aren't allowed to know about them. If I ever mention X, Y or Z, you tell your parents....

.... Today's lesson: how to get a library card and how to research online."

The banned subjects will replace porn in the frequency kids delve into them!

This should go viral.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

20. Teach kids that if a subject is forbidden, study it.

The only way to get a complete view.

Ron DeSantis is so STUPID! Does he not know of Ken Burns, John Meecham. Michael Beschloss, and other historians who will present history snd current events correctly?

If DeSantis and his ilk want to ban teaching of anything, they will have a battle on their hands.

[North Shore Chicago]

8. This dude

is NOT right in the head.

[Norbert]

9. How long before accepted curriculum consists soley on cypherin'

Anything to divert from the lousy job he is doing.

[madaboutharry]

10. The man is a fascist.

Democrats need to say it out loud.

[BlueJac]

11. What a dumbass...

The great divider, and he wants to run for President! He let a million covid test kits expire, genius!

[gab13by13]

13. I wonder what the real infection and death numbers are in Florida?

[Terry_M]

14. They know they lost the next generation

So aside from stirring up culture wars for short term gain, this is likely part of a longer strategy of trying to regain momentum with the one after.
Make it illegal to teach anything other than 'everything is awesome exactly as it is'. Maybe fewer people will want progressive change when they grow up?

[Busterscruggs]

15. It's interesting

That Republicans are so interested in attacking quality education for all. There's a good reason why only the best and brightest intellectual people lean left. It will always be a continuous fight to properly educate the children

[SKKY]

17. *YAWN* Desantis is just trying to take the focus off his horrific COVID response.

More than half the parents in this country don't even have the time to look over their kid's homework. Do you really think they're gonna take the time to review the actual curriculum???

[JHB]

19. Ah, yes, framing teachers as "smugglers"

Which wingnut group did he lift this imagery from?

[YP_Yooper]

21. Posted this on another thread, but

the only purpose is to let third party people use curriculum to attack CRT-like classes.

ANY parent can just ask their child what they're learning in school. Having curriculum published online only benefits the RW social crazies who most likely don't even have kids in that school...

[keithbvadu2]

22. Then parents should be able to inspect the curriculum of any school that receives taxpayer money, s

Then parents should be able to inspect the curriculum of any school that receives taxpayer money, such as voucher / charter.

[edhopper]

23. Don't dismiss this asshat

he has a very good chance of being President in 2024.

[MineralMan]

24. That kind of stupid law works both ways, though.

It would be very likely to backfire on the right-wing idiots. Progressive folks could find plenty of reasons to use the law to sue for curriculum content that lied about history, too.

Stupid people write stupid laws. Smart people turn those laws around on the stupid people.