In Florida and Indiana, Republicans Are Trying To Limit What Kids Are Taught

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🗓️ 30 March 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

In Florida, a law limiting discussion of sexual orientation will take effect this summer. In Indiana, Republican lawmakers debated how to constrain discussion of sensitive topics, including race and ethnicity. Similar efforts are ongoing in statehouses across the country, a manifestation of the right's new focus on what and how kids are taught ⁠— something they hope will motivate parents ahead of the midterm elections.

The episode: White House correspondent Asma Khalid, senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro, WMFE reporter Danielle Prieur, and Indiana Public Broadcasting reporter Jeanie Lindsay.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Kaelin. I'm sitting in my office here at the University of Strasbourg and Strasbourg France.
0:05.5	I just used a clip of this podcast as a listening exercise for my students.
0:09.8	This podcast was recorded at 207 pm Eastern Time on Wednesday March 30. Things may have changed
0:17.0	by the time you hear this, but I'll still be using NPR podcast to teach my future teachers English.
0:25.7	We've gone international. Look at that, Dominica.
0:28.0	Yeah, man, we need to do a school's tour, honestly, and preferably overseas.
0:33.6	A reason to go to France. I'm just going to say, you know, why not?
0:37.9	Bordeaux, I hear, is nice this time of year.
0:42.7	Well, hey there. This is the NPR Politics podcast. I'm Asma Khalid. I cover the White House.
0:47.5	I'm Dominica Montenar, Senior Political Editor and Correspondent.
0:50.7	And today on the show, parental rights public schools and why some lawmakers are trying to change
0:56.6	what gets taught inside classrooms. We are going to visit two states, Indiana and Florida,
1:01.8	where this issue has been hotly debated in the state legislature. Both states are led by
1:06.2	Republican governors, and in both states, Republicans control the state legislature.
1:10.6	But conservative efforts in both of these states met with very different fates.
1:15.2	So let's begin by talking about Florida, because you all might have heard some headlines just this
1:18.8	week about the bill there. And to make sense of this story, we are joined by Danielle prior from
1:24.0	Orlando's member station WMFE. Hey there, Danielle. Hey, how are you guys doing?
1:29.7	Good, good. Welcome to the podcast. Thanks so much for coming on.
1:33.0	Danielle, I want to begin with the news on Monday that Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis
1:38.0	signed a bill into law that prohibits discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity
1:43.2	and Florida schools from kindergarten through third grade.
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