""We often call out what is problematic in education, pushing an ideology over indoctrination, whether that's the instruction of sexual orientation and gender identity in elementary schools or divisive concepts like critical race theory and DEI that treats people differently based on the way God created them," Kamoutsas said."
""Well, this talks about what we want to see. We want to see parents empowered. We want to see curriculum, transparency, we want to see academic excellence in all of our students.""
"The declaration begins by saying that we live in a time of "moral and political crises when too many schools have lost their way," and it is the responsibility of parents, educators, and lawmakers to "recommit" to the "central purposes of education.""
Florida's State Board of Education unanimously ratified the Phoenix Declaration, authored by the Heritage Foundation, establishing an affiliation but not an enforceable law. The declaration promotes parental empowerment, curriculum transparency, and academic excellence while opposing instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in elementary schools and divisive concepts like critical race theory and DEI. Teachers and critics fear the declaration echoes Project 2025's agenda with softer language and leaves ambiguity that could be used against educators. The declaration frames current education as facing moral and political crises and calls for a recommitment to central educational purposes.
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