U.S. education secretary visits Miami-Dade schools, criticizes Floridas new legislation [Video]

MIAMI – U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona visited schools on Thursday in Miami-Dade County and spoke out against Florida legislation that affects public education.

With the help of a Republican-controlled legislature, Gov. Ron DeSantis’s education policy includes book removals and curriculum restrictions on race and sexuality.

It aims at so-called “woke indoctrination,” “diversity, equity, and inclusion” programs, an Advanced Placement African-American history course, “queer theory,” and LGBTQ topics.

“I have had teachers from Florida tell me that they don’t feel comfortable putting up their family picture in their classroom,” Cardona said. “You want to talk about fixing the teacher shortage: Let’s make sure that our educators and our students and our parents feel welcomed here.”

While Cardona visited Miami-Dade classrooms, the Florida legislature gave final approval to a bill that restricts gender references to male and female affecting classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity from Pre-K to 8th grade.

Cardona was …