Technically, it’s under review.
But the book was pulled from school library shelves months ago, which effectively prohibits students from reading it, unless they obtain a private copy here. (Read story here.)
Florida is a retirement haven for rich (and not-so-rich) East Coasters. The state’s big drawing cards are warm winters and low taxes, including no state income or inheritance tax.
Its public schools reflect the low taxes; Florida doesn’t invest in education. It ranks 47th in teacher pay (only West Virginia, South Dakota, and Mississippi are lower; see rankings here; another source ranks Florida 50th or dead last, see story here).
That’s not the only disincentive to teach in Florida; the Republican governor and legislature are imposing a racist agenda on public schools, and threatening to jail teachers who step out of line.
Miserable pay, interfering politicians, hovering “activist” parents, book bans — it’s not surprising that Florida has a massive teacher shortage (see story here). It’s so bad the state is trying to recruit untrained teachers with as little as two years of junior college (see story here). The most essential thing for them to know is what lines not to cross in order to stay out of jail.
One thing they won’t be teaching kids about: The life of Rosa Parks. But that doesn’t mean kids won’t get an education about contemporary racism. They’ll be exposed to it every day at school.