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Episode 115: Back to School: Florida Schools, Claude Kirk, and Ron DeSantis
Florida Spectacular
English - August 02, 2023 17:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture florida florida travel backroads road trip florida culture florida history author Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Florida education's making national news. This week, Cathy and Rick take a walk down memory lane to their own first days of school. They also talk about Florida school integration — which happened not that long ago — and how that created a ripple effect that still impacts where elementary school students attend school.
Finally, they debate the merits of sending a child to a public Florida school knowing the state has revisionist history curriculum mandates.
Links we mentioned
Florida school choice
A fantastic history teacher from a Florida public school (read the comments under his obituary)
Why Governor Ron DeSantis is a modern-day Claude Kirk (no, seriously)
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