South Florida educator who helped write Black history curriculum says state should make changes
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – There is a new twist in the controversial curriculum changes to Florida's Black history studies ahead of the upcoming sch...
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – There is a new twist in the controversial curriculum changes to Florida's Black history studies ahead of the upcoming school year. An educator who helped write that course believes the state should have a do-over. South Florida history teacher Roberto Fernandez is one of 13 people who wrote the new state curriculum. He is the first — and only one — to publicly say it needs to change. In his letter to Education Commissioner Manny Diaz, Fernandez wrote, 'When Floridians express apprehension about teaching the standards because they feel that this will make them ‘lie to the kids,' we should listen.