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Parents’ Involvement Called Key to Keeping Leftism Out of Schools

The head of Florida’s Education Department is urging parents to “be involved” in public schools for their children’s sake. 

“Parents are the most important teacher, and the child’s first teacher, and ultimately are responsible for these kids,” Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. told Heritage Foundation President Dr. Kevin Roberts. “These kids don’t belong to the government.”

Diaz made his remarks on Roberts’ weekly podcast, “The Kevin Roberts Show.”

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis giving a speech.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis—seen here at an April 8 news conference in Sanford, Fla.—nominated Manny Diaz Jr. as his top state education official in 2022. Diaz shares the governor’s conservative views on education, and he shared those views with “The Kevin Roberts Show” podcast this week.
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Diaz, a senior official…

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