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Every State Needs To Follow Florida In Teaching Kids About Communism’s Terrors

For too long, students have been kept in the dark about communism and are now falling for it all over again.

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As the new school year begins, Florida is mandating that lessons on the history of communism be taught to middle and high school students. In accordance with a bill passed last year, this educational initiative will integrate content about communism and its devastating effects on humanity into Florida’s social studies classes, putting it on par with lessons about civil rights and the Holocaust.

Unsurprisingly, communist sympathizers are wailing and gnashing their teeth at this development since it interferes with their dream of resurrecting an evil ideology. No doubt, the Democratic Socialists of America candidates have profited from the widespread ignorance about the communist governing model, which has ruined any society that has adopted it. These days, even the most incompetent DSA politician can win mass support by simply promising free stuff and attacking rich elites.

It’s no secret that legislating pedagogy can backfire. Often, lawmakers will pass laws about what to include in K-12 classrooms, but they forget to provide accompanying materials (i.e., standardized curriculum, textbooks, assessments, etc.) and professional training, which causes a lack of buy-in from teachers and administrators. At best, what follows is a half-hearted compliance that involves creating a blowoff class or giving a short presentation on the topic.

This is precisely what happened to California when it required an ethnic studies class in its public schools. Beyond the obvious partisan motivations behind such a course, there were countless logistical loose ends. It was anyone’s guess which materials to........

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