Florida To Open Three “Anti-Woke Civics Academies”

July 18, 2022 Idiocracy, Republicans

Florida Politics reports:

Florida is extending its recent focus on civics education to the undergraduate level with a $6.5 million civil service and government leadership program. The funding will help open three “civics academies” located at Broward State College, Florida State College at Jacksonville and Polk State College. Beginning with the 2023-34 school year, students in ninth grade through the second year of college can attend the academies, which is expected to have more than 1,000 enrollees.

DeSantis has emphasized the importance of civics education for the future of American society, contrasting it with “critical race theory” and “gender theory” that Florida Republicans have sought to rein in the last two years as part of a battle on “wokeism.” Universities around the country have been “inculcated with ideology,” he noted. The curriculum would be helpful for those who want to become prosecutors or seek a career in law enforcement, he continued.

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