Tensions simmer as conservative moms, Florida educators differ on school books

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“I know what’s good for kids,” said a Moms for Liberty leader serving on a state panel to devise new training for school librarians.

TALLAHASSEE — With a Jan. 1 deadline looming, a state Department of Education workgroup is crafting a training that all school library workers must use in selecting books and other materials.

But tension has simmered because some members of the panel don’t believe its recommendations go far enough.

The group, which includes parents and school media specialists, was formed to carry out part of a new law (HB 1467) passed during the 2022 legislative session.

The measure, which sparked heated partisan debates, was designed to intensify scrutiny of school library books and instructional materials. It required school boards to adopt procedures that, in part, provide for the “regular removal or discontinuance” of books from media centers based on factors such as alignment with state academic standards.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2022/12/08/tensions-simmer-conservative-moms-florida-educators-differ-school-books/

"Department of Education staff who are part of the workgroup have solicited input from its members on topics that are “outside the scope” of the library training, asking them to identify items they “would like to address with senior leadership” at the agency.

In response, Beavers proposed that school librarians should avoid facilitating students registering to vote."

Leave it to a "Moms for Liberty" leader to be against librarians facilitating students registering to vote...

Can't have librarians telling students about registering to vote, because what does that have to do with "liberty"?

[Biophilic]

1. So now registering to vote is now something we don't want kids to learn about?

I think I see the end game; kids need to learn to read simple instructions, write their name, and do basic arithmetic and nothing else. It will save soooo much money when schooling ends at 5th grade and the “common” people die young due to ignorance. No need for Medicare or social security. It’s a brilliant plan.

[underpants]

2. Publix heiress funding.

Co-founder Tina Descovich has stated that Moms for Liberty is funded by individual $50 memberships and the sale of Moms for Liberty T-shirts.[1] Descovich has also stated that the organization has an annual budget of $300,000.[11]

The organization is well-connected to Republican politicians and groups and financially supported by more than membership fees and T-shirt sales.[18]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moms_for_Liberty


In June 2022, heiress Julie Fancelli donated $50,000 to Moms for Liberty.[37]



Julie Jenkins Fancelli (born 1949 or 1950) is an American heiress and conservative political donor.[1][2] She is an heiress to the Publix supermarkets fortune and a member of America's eighth-richest family.[1][2] Fancelli's organizational efforts and donations played a decisive role in the January 6, 2021 "Stop the Steal" rally at The Ellipse that preceded the 2021 United States Capitol Attack.[1][2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Fancelli

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3. Fox "trained" idiots guarding the didactic hen house.

A dumbed down curriculum by the foxes should be termed child abuse as while they will undoubtedly vote GOP in droves they will not go far in life.

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4. Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

DeSantis beating the chaos and division drum - juicing up his brain-dead zombies. Gotta own the "libs".

[Timeflyer]

5. They'll decide what they want your kids learn, not trained educators and librarians.

Moms for Liberty (moms for bigotry), a "grass-roots" organization which serves as the Proud Boys Ladies Auxiliary, was manufactured by political operatives of DeSantis, with the blessing of Steve Bannon. Goal--destroy public education so privatization can take over. And they will control the curriculum.

"Narratives are transported through education. What are children taught to remember and what are they meant to forget?" Susan Neiman, "Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil."