Changes to existing Florida laws concerning education, gun ownership and the death penalty are on the horizon, as state legislators wrap up the first month of the 60-day legislative session.
The new Economic Prosperity and Education Coalition or EPEC was launched to oppose the policies of Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-controlled state legislature. The collective includes Equality Florida, United Teachers of Dade, the South Dade Branch of the NAACP and P.S. 305.
While U.S. school districts look to recover from a mass exodus of teachers brought on by various factors – including the COVID-19 pandemic and low pay – two former educators
"Teachers want to teach with autonomy and authenticity, and so they want to be able to teach real and true factual history," Karla Hernández said on Sunday.