Please consider writing the Governor appointed head of the Florida Department of Health and asking him to change rule 64DER21-12 to allow elected school boards to pick the safest option for the neighborhood schools which is a mask mandate with no opt out provisions. The state Board of Education is using that rule to bully …
For more information about the Duval County elected school board’s mask mandate with an opt out provision: https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/education/2021/08/03/jacksonville-area-schools-require-masks-opt-out-clause/5477059001/ Masks work best if the person with covid-19 is wearing the mask because a mask decreases the number of droplets (carrying the virus) that spread from the nose and mouth out into the environment. The way I …
Please base your decisions on currently available scientific evidence and not divisive political rhetoric.
Is Creationism a viewpoint or an unsubstantiated claim? Is denying that global warming is partially caused by humans a viewpoint or an outright lie? What will be the ramifications of the new law (HB 233) recently signed by Governor DeSantis that encourages (or demands) public universities to have the students discuss various points of view? …
The following opportunities for feedback are available through June 10 at noon: • Civics and Government survey (open): https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6360487/Civics-and-Government-Standards-2Link to standards: http://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/18736/urlt/CivicsGovernment.pdf • Holocaust Education survey (open): https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6360477/HolocaustEducation-Standards-2Link to standards: http://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/18736/urlt/HolocaustEducation.pdf • Character Education survey (opening soon–not available on June 2):https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6360469/Character-Education-Standards-2• Substance Use and Abuse survey (opening soon–not available on June 2 ):https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6358621/SubstanceUseStandards The FLDOE …
Jacksonville Public Education Fund (JPEF) has been sponsoring grants and trying other experimental ideas to examine the concept of cultivating inclusive learning environments. To learn more, please visit their website:https://www.jaxpef.org/what-we-do/empowering-teachers The education committee chair (that’s me until June 2, 2021) of the local chapter of the League of Women Voters has invited two staff members …
Have you analyzed the new suggested standards? Standards Under Review – Spring 2021http://www.fldoe.org/standardsreview/ One issue that you might want to address during the public comment period at the meeting on June 10th (or by email if you can’t make the meeting) is what education commissioner Corcoran means by traditional–as compared to factual–view of American history. …
A spokeswoman for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) said now that Florida Education Commissioner Corcoran’s statement about Donofrio is out in the open, they need answers. The SPLC statement continued, “According to Corcoran, a classroom that teaches Black Lives Matter or what Corcoran has labeled ‘crazy liberal stuff’ justifies censorship and the firing of …
This was copied from the May 2021 edition of the Freethinker Religious Miseducation at Public Expenseby Merrill Shapiro, Trustee and Immediate Past President, National Board of Trustees, Americans United for Separation of Church and State Our First Coast Freethought Society is an Internal Revenue Service Code Section 501 (c) 3 organization, so this column will not …
FFRF suggested comments for standards SS.7.C.1.12 (7th grade) and SS.912.C.1.5 (9th grade): “Judeo-Christian” is a contradiction in terms. Much of this benchmark is simply wrong. For instance, separation of powers is not a Judeo-Christian value, but came from Montesquieu. We know this because the Founders said so. The Ten Commandments did not influence our founding …