While Others Push DEI, Florida Pays Teachers to Study the Founders

Last year, Sunshine State Governor Ron DeSantis created a 50-hour, online Western Civilization course for Florida teachers. They get $3,000 and a ‘Civics Seal of Excellence’ if they take it. So far, according to the Governor’s recent comments, twenty-one thousand teachers have completed the course. This is the way.

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CLIP: Governor DeSantis explains new classic studies for teachers program (2:47).

DeSantis said over $60 million has been paid to Florida teachers in bonuses so far. Beyond the direct help to teachers, that number matters much more because every one of them returns to the classroom with a deeper understanding of where our ideas about democracy, individual rights, and the rule of law actually came from— and they pass it on to students who, in most other states, will never encounter those ideas in any structured way.

It’s the opposite of the DEI model: instead of teaching kids what to think, it trains teachers to explain how we learned to think in the first place. More, please.

Jeff Childers

Jeff Childers is the president and founder of the Childers Law firm. Jeff interned at the Federal Bankruptcy Court in Orlando, where he helped write several widely-cited opinions. He then worked as an associate with the prestigious firm of Winderweedle, Haines, Ward & Woodman in Orlando and Winter Park, Florida before moving back to Gainesville and founding Childers Law. Jeff served for three years on the Board of Directors of the Central Florida Bankruptcy Law Association. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the Eighth Judicial Bar Association, and on the Rules Committee for the Northern District of Florida Bankruptcy Court. Jeff has published several articles as co-author with Professor William Page of the Levin College of Law (University of Florida) on the topic of anti-trust in the Microsoft case. He also is the author of an article on the topic of Product Liability in the Software Context. Jeff focuses his area of practice on commercial litigation, elections law, and constitutional issues. He is a skilled trial litigator and appellate advocate. http://www.coffeeandcovid.com/

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2 responses to “While Others Push DEI, Florida Pays Teachers to Study the Founders”

  1. This is the worst article I have ever read, I feel stupider for having come across this page. To call this sophomoric would be too kind of a compliment. If Mr. Childers learned how to write like this in Florida public schools, no wonder he is upset.

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