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Post from Zachary Levenson (@grundrza bsky social): Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it. Yes, you read that correctly. The state is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions: (Document entitled "Compliance with Florida Statutes" follows.)

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Post from Zachary Levenson (@grundrza bsky social): Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it. Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions: (Document entitled "Compliance with Florida Statutes" follows.)
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Alfie Kohn (alfiekohn@sciences.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Feb-2026 00:53:08 JST Alfie Kohn

In case you worried that far-right politicians were just banning instructors from teaching disfavored content (e.g., slavery was bad; LGBTQ folks are human beings), it turns out they're also mandating curriculum content. So it's not just "Here's what you can't teach" but also "Here's what you must teach."

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