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lesson that teaches that slavery offered a personal benefit. we re talking about a benefit to the enslaved people. critics are now slamming the new standards as a big step backward. i want to bring in carol cleaver, a middle school teacher in florida who has a masters degree in african american studies. thank you for being with us tonight. this is for many people, unbelievable to think there would be a part of instruction that those who have been enslaved personally benefitted from it. what is this about? is that really what is being taught or will be taught? well, it s been a strand that was added on to our current standards adopted yesterday by the state board of education. and so i assume that yes, that is what they would like us to teach. that my problem with it, of course, is that the skills are
if we have books on our shelves that anyone disagrees with us having on the shelves. so right now, there is certainly a culture of fear in florida classrooms where teachers are afraid if they step out of line a little bit, not just teachers but administrators. if they step out of line just a little bit, that the consequences could be losing your professional license. it s going to be difficult to know exactly how to move forward. this all comes in this mind-boggling concept to me. that you re not supposed to teach history if it could make somebody feel badly about what has happened. that s just a mind-boggling concept to me that doesn t seem to be in line with reality of how you teach any subject that is difficult and requires you to be a part of the global world at some point. carol cleaver, thank you for being here.
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The State Board of Education on Wednesday approved new academic standards for instruction about African American history, after numerous teachers from across Florida objected to the changes and asked the