PEN America: Florida Education Commissioner 'Undermines Academic Freedom' With Ideologically-Motivated Ban of Sociology From General Education Curricula
December 13, 2023
December 13, 2023
NEW YORK, Dec. 13 -- PEN America issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2023:
PEN America said today that comments from Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. posted on X, that sociology "has been hijacked by left-wing activists and no longer serves its intended purpose as a general knowledge course for students," demonstrate that Florida has enacted an ideologically motivated ban on sociology in general education, undermining both academic freedom and studen . . .
PEN America said today that comments from Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. posted on X, that sociology "has been hijacked by left-wing activists and no longer serves its intended purpose as a general knowledge course for students," demonstrate that Florida has enacted an ideologically motivated ban on sociology in general education, undermining both academic freedom and studen . . .