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Now Any Florida Resident Can Challenge What Is Taught In Public Florida Schools (orlandosentinel.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the bias-free dept.

New submitter zantafio shares a report from Orlando Sentinel: Any resident in Florida can now challenge what kids learn in public schools, thanks to a new law that science education advocates worry will make it harder to teach evolution and climate change. The legislation, which was signed by Gov. Rick Scott (R) last week and went into effect Saturday, requires school boards to hire an "unbiased hearing officer" who will handle complaints about instructional materials, such as movies, textbooks and novels, that are used in local schools. Any parent or county resident can file a complaint, regardless of whether they have a student in the school system. If the hearing officer deems the challenge justified, he or she can require schools to remove the material in question. The statute includes general guidelines about what counts as grounds for removal: belief that the material is "pornographic" or "is not suited to student needs and their ability to comprehend the material presented, or is inappropriate for the grade level and age group."

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  1. So, if you don't like Creationism taught in school by mykepredko · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Complain to get it removed. What is the reference supporting the claim that God created the Earth and creatures that live upon it? AFAIK, it's only one book.

    And the bible is full of pornography. Easy to find examples.

    I would think for sufficiently creative people with appropriate resources, this law could easily be turned around to cause all kinds of problems for it's proponents.

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  2. Re:Also Common Core by sit1963nz · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ROTFLMAO

    That 35th world ranking for maths for the USA is now looking like nirvana.

    US kids are going to end up with the IQ of an (intelligently designed) potato.

    I now understand WHY Trump is going to bring back the manufacturing jobs, the average US school leaver will not be qualified to do anything else. All the jobs that will require smart people will be done in Asia, all the work that requires someone who knows which end of a shovel to hold will be in the USA. China and the USA are about to swap positions. And at the rate the US citizens are giving up their "freedom" because they are frightened of terrorists, that swap may come sooner than anyone realises.

    LOL.....hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
    "leader of the free world"..... maybe last year, but not any more.

  3. Re:I *went* to school in Florida by thrich81 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "generals running wars works" not always -- if President Truman had let Gen MacArthur run the Korean war the way the general wanted to, we would have been in a land and nuclear war on Chinese territory in the early 50's, back when the nuclear armed Soviets were still allies with China. As it was, MacArthur was the one who goaded China into that war in the first place.
    If Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy had let Gen Curtis LeMay run the Cold War the way the general wanted to, we would have been in a nuclear war with the Soviet Union in the late 50's or early 60's.