Editorial: DeSantis wants a focus on 'classical education.' What does that mean?

Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature have gotten a lot of attention lately for their often-successful efforts to inject high-emotion debates into Florida education, raising a ruckus over book-banning and attacks on racial and LGBTQ+ students and educators. But there’s another, quieter revolution going on — one that is attempting to remake the foundation of learning in Florida to fit a mold that breaks with most contemporary research into how young people learn and flourish. The concept DeSantis is pushing flies under the attractive banner of “classical education,” and he’s edging it into Flor...