A.G. Gancarski
Republicans in Congress want to return education to the states and jettison the U.S. Department of Education. But they still want to ensure students get ideological education.
U.S. Sen. Rick Scott announced that he’s on board with the Crucial Communism Teaching Act, along with U.S. Sens. John Kennedy of Louisiana and Eric Schmitt of Missouri.
Scott isn’t the only Florida Republican backing this legislation. U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar is carrying the House version.
The bill would give students nationwide a version of the anti-communist curriculum that Florida students enjoy. The measure would make sure students know that more than 100 million people have died at the hands of communist regimes, while 1.5 billion still live under them.
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation would be charged with developing the curriculum, which will contrast “freedom and patriotism” with “communism and totalitarianism.” The lessons, per the bill, would be “compatible with a variety of courses, including social studies, government, history, and economics classes.”
“For families across America, particularly many in Florida, America shines as a beacon of freedom and democracy, standing in stark contrast to the communist regimes that once stripped them of their basic freedoms and liberties. For decades, the left has worked to promote failed socialist and communist ideologies that go against the very values we and President Donald Trump are fighting so hard to protect,” Scott said.
Salazar’s bill passed the House last year, so odds are good it has a shot of doing so again, and so “will ensure future generations will remember the pain and suffering caused by the brutal communist ideology,” as she said last December.
Florida’s “History of Communism” law was passed with overwhelming bipartisan support last year.
Students in traditional public and charter K-12 schools are on track to receive instruction on the history of communism beginning in the 2026-27 academic year in what is billed as an age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate way.
11 comments
PeterH
March 14, 2025 at 4:23 am
A balanced educational curriculum would include the evils of capitalism and colonialism. Simply start the lectures with required readings of a few Charles Dickens novels.
Peachy
March 14, 2025 at 10:26 am
Move to a Communist Country and report back about the evils of Capitalism. Why did millions flood the Southern Border while that idiot was President? All colors, religions, sexes, etc. Yes Peter H the US is an evil country. 😜
MH/Duuuval
March 14, 2025 at 5:20 pm
Facts are stubborn things. Here are two reasons why Peachy is either a Russian dupe or assumes he can dupe FP readers.
FACT: Trump in 2014 blamed Ukraine for the Crimean invasion by Putin as he has for the 2022 invasion. Trump has continued to blame Ukraine, especially after Zelensky stiff-armed him when Trump wanted to gin up a legal case against Biden (which led to Trump’s first impeachment).
FACT: 116th Senate session in which there were 53 MAGAs in the Senate. The bipartisan Senate elect Committee on Intelligence reported clear evidence of Russian interference in the 2916 election and in support of DJT.
Putin’s Poodle is an accurate nickname for DJT.
Add this to the proposed curriculum: How a putative Communist state (Soviet Russia) transformed into an imperial kleptocracy (Russia today)d and became BFF with a US President..
MH/Duuuval
March 17, 2025 at 11:18 am
2016 not 2916
Michael K
March 14, 2025 at 7:38 am
Scott’s motivation is not education. He’s simply using kids as pawns as he sucks up to Trump.
But, I’m all for robust civics and history without the literal white washing that we see in Florida.
Bill Pollard
March 14, 2025 at 11:10 am
A balanced education teaches what various philosophies say they want to do versus what in practice happen. I took two college courses in political theory. These included segments about communism, socialism, democracy, fascism, and even capitalism. Fascism and communism never did what they claimed they would do. Democracy has its faults, but I would rather have it and work around the faults.
Andy
March 14, 2025 at 11:27 am
What about the current evils of Fascism?
Ocean Joe
March 14, 2025 at 11:34 am
Will they be taught that our president, recipient of the little silver freedom cup from Scott, has abandoned a democratic ally in favor of the Russians? Or that his isolationist America First trade war is creating a vacuum of influence the Chinese Communists are filling?
JustBabs
March 14, 2025 at 4:00 pm
How about the evils of the MAGA cult and how the leaders are manipulating those mentally disabled people. Seems to be linked to a major loss of brain function, with advanced states of brain malfunctions, including delusions, lack of critical thinking or intelligience, lack of human compassion and empathy, anger and violence tendancies, and lack of independence and self determination/freedom as is always part of the cult attachment and manipulation. Lets warn our children early.
LawLib
March 15, 2025 at 11:23 am
Well that’s a head-scratcher. Scott again speaks out of both sides of his mouth, along with his hero in the WH. Don’t these folks know that their bosom-buddy in Moscow wants to bury democracy in the West and replace it with, yes, you guessed it, Communism. Make up your mind Senator!
Eliasin Robles
March 15, 2025 at 10:05 pm
Well, I hope they also teach what were the circumstances that brought about communism in each of the country that practice it. I will give you a hint if you do not want to research it. Oligarchic/plutocratic regimes where the majority of the people were held at an economic disadvantage. To do that as we are doing now will repeating it here. A good History course will tell you what you might not want to hear or what others don’t want you to hear.
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