In Jacksonville, Kamala Harris decries Florida's education standards as 'propaganda'
Vice President Kamala Harris traveled Friday to Jacksonville, where she castigated new education rules that she said misrepresent the horrors of sl...
Vice President Kamala Harris traveled Friday to Jacksonville, where she castigated new education rules that she said misrepresent the horrors of slavery. Harris took issue with new standards enacted by the Florida Board of Education under Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate who has campaigned heavily on culture war issues like education, race and diversity. The Florida Board of Education approved guidelines Wednesday requiring elementary schools to teach that enslaved people "developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.