August 29, 2023politicalcivil rightseducationracial rhetoricpublic memorypoliticalcivil rightseducation
Florida approves PragerU videos for public school classrooms
Florida education officials approve PragerU Kids videos for use as supplemental materials in public schools in 2023. The approval follows state restrictions on how schools teach race, slavery, and U.S. history. Civil rights and education advocates criticize some materials as ideologically framed and historically misleading, while state officials describe them as optional resources that support civics and history instruction. Disputes over race, slavery, and public memory move from legislation into classroom content and state-approved educational materials.