Gov. Ron DeSantis said Black history is American history. Makes sense, right? Only it often hasn't been. Just look at Jacksonville history.
In June, a month when most kids are happy to avoid being inside a school,for a Duval County Public Schools program.
When I spent some time with the students the last two summers, I was struck by several things. How excited they were to be doing schoolwork. How their projects included not only impressive research and original interviews, but often technology far beyond my capabilities. And, perhaps most significantly, how much of what they learned was new to them.“I’ve lived in Jacksonville my entire life, and I didn’t know most of this,” she said. “It wasn’t taught in classrooms.
The governor and state officials pointed to some details in a pilot version of the class and said it lacked “educational value.”
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