DeSantis Seeks to Expand “Don’t Say Gay” Rules for All K-12 Students
Phil Sears/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A year ago, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a sharply controversial bill restricting discussion of LGBTQ issues in public schools, claiming it would fight “indoctrination.” The legislation, known as the “Parental Rights in Education Bill” was dubbed…
So Now Trump Is Stealing “Meatball Ron’s” Worst Education Policies
Trump tours a classroom in 2016.Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In late 2021, parental rights candidate Glenn Youngkin secured his stay at Virginia’s Executive Mansion with a push from devoted “mama bears”—a group of, yes, mothers, who were angry about a perceived…
A Florida School Board Member Speaks Out About Being Targeted by DeSantis
Mother Jones; Rebecca Blackwell.AP; Photo courtesy of Tom Edwards Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last month, Fox News reported that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had set his sight on 14 school board members across the state whom he wanted to see defeated in the…
Vanderbilt Staff Used AI to Email Students About the Michigan State Shooting
Vanderbilt UniversitySeanPavonePhoto/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After the recent shooting at the University of Michigan, staff at Vanderbilt University in Nashville sent an email offering support and comfort to students. “In the wake of the Michigan shootings,” it read, referring to the February…
“Slander”: College Board Blasts DeSantis Attacks on African American Course
AP Photo/Marta Lavandier Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Late on Saturday evening, the College Board responded to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s wave of attacks on education in Florida accusing the state’s Department of Education of criticizing the Advanced Placement African American studies course, and its use in…
The College Board Just Watered Down Its New AP African American History Course
Phelan M. Ebenhack/Washington Post/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The College Board released the curriculum for its new AP African American Studies course Wednesday, revealing that the group had stripped the course of the topics that prompted Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to ban the…