Speaking to Homeschool Parents, DeSantis Pounds Parental Rights and Educational Change

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recapped the best hits of his administration to an appreciative crowd of homeschool parents in Orlando on May 26.
At his first public speech since declaring his candidacy two days prior, they frequently roared their approval.
Much of what DeSantis has done to fight what he typically calls “the woke agenda” is aimed at parents concerned about what their children are learning in school.
And this was a room full of people—more than 4,000, according to DeSantis’s office—who think schools are so out of whack they teach their kids at home.
About 150 people attended a rally in opposition to The Walt Disney Company’s stance against a  Florida law that prohibits schools from teaching their youngest students about sexual orientation and gender identity outside of Disney’s headquarters in Burbank, Calif., on April 6, 2022. (Jill McLaughlin/The Epoch Times)
Reopening Florida’s schools early during the COVID pandemic? Check. Pulling sexually explicit materials off public school library shelves? Check. Putting the Constitution and civics back in the classroom? Increasing school choice and support for homeschool families? Backing vocational education at college isn’t for everyone? Check, check, and check….}