The Florida Board of Education Approves New Guidelines for Teaching Black History

The Florida Board of Education approved new guidelines for teaching Black history, which suggests that enslaved people reaped benefits from skills acquired during centuries of forced labor. The move comes just months after DeSantis criticized an advanced placement course on African American studies. Vice President Kamala Harris visited Jacksonville on Friday and slammed the new curriculum, calling it extremist propaganda. This prompted DeSantis to defend his state while also denying any personal responsibility for the new education standards.