First they came after evolution. They say they wanted to “teach the controversy”.
Now, they are after history, and no controversy-teaching is allowed:
One way to measure the fears of people in power is by the intensity of their quest for certainty and control over knowledge.
By that standard, the members of the Florida Legislature marked themselves as the folks most terrified of history in the United States when last month they took bold action to become the first state to outlaw historical interpretation in public schools. In other words, Florida has officially replaced the study of history with the imposition of dogma and effectively outlawed critical thinking.
Will there be a series of trials (Scopes, Arkansas, Dover…) about teaching history in schools over the next century? Oh, and definitely read the rest of the article – it is excellent!