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May 27Liked by Laura Jeffries

Holy shit. Between my daughters beloved Fishweir elementary and A plus arts magnet school, to the gutting of inclusion and diversity in higher education, Florida colleges will not measure up to the rest of the country.

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Agreed, it's a genuine problem. Aside from problems being created in the institutions, the pool of students applying to or planning to return to Florida state colleges is shrinking because the policies of DeSantis and crew are extremely unpopular with young people. Here's a report from this about time last year, when the reality started to hit the public: https://universitybusiness.com/florida-beware-desantis-war-on-woke-may-decrease-enrollment/

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May 30Liked by Laura Jeffries

Thank u!

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May 29·edited May 29

Florida's reality is the country's problem, no matter where you live. There is an interesting (albeit a little outdated) CRT map that shows legislative efforts to restrict AND/or expand education on racism, bias, the contributions of specific racial or ethnic groups to U.S. history, or related topics. Strangely, some states fall in BOTH categories. They always come for education first. Here's the map: https://www.chalkbeat.org/22525983/map-critical-race-theory-legislation-teaching-racism/

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