"Teacher candidates are professionals, are well trained, but these tests show that it's not a reflection of their ability to teach. It's certainly a reflection of some of the barriers that are being put in place."
Moms for Liberty quickly gained notoriety by aligning their group with the presidential ambitions of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and opposing the 'woke indoctrination' of educational policies.
The decision in Littlejohn v. School Board of Leon County came just one week after the justices also declined to hear a similar Massachusetts case involving parents who objected to a school honoring their child's request to use a different name and pronouns without immediately informing them.
The original agreement pledged to help protect trans students by setting a federal obligation for the schools to run measures like faculty training on using trans students' preferred names and letting trans students use bathrooms and other facilities that align with their gender identity.
Mayor Mamdani has been very clear he wants to reduce class sizes in accordance with the mandate. But both he and the chancellor have suggested that more time and more money may be needed. It would not be unreasonable for the city to commit to a 70%, 80%, 90%, and then 100% timetable.
Beginning in the fall of 2026, all Florida middle and high school students will be required to take a yearly social studies class on the history of communism. The curriculum has already received the stamp of approval from the conservative Heritage Foundation (the group behind Project 2025), a right-wing nonprofit organization called the National Association of Scholars (NAS) and a NAS spinoff called the Civics Alliance.
The text of the bill, HB333, adds new language to the Virginia statutes that requires any local school board that imposes new restrictions on any program of instruction on or relating to the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the United States Capitol and any accompanying curriculum or instructional materials, or any instruction provided by a teacher as a part of any program of instruction.
