This isn't about recent assaults on the tenure system in Florida (and other states') universities. This is about a new alternative to the (failed) Common Core curriculum for K-12. At least one organization is holding this up as an example for others to follow as well as defending the Florida curriculum from assault from the Fordham Institute.
Fordham, lilting to the left, takes issue with Florida's B.E.S.T. not because of pedagogical weakness or probable educational outcomes but because B.E.S.T. does not follow the current trends toward non-objectivity and P.C. content of questionable value. In effect, Florida attempts to institute a meritocracy that runs afoul of the participation-award philosophy dominating schools throughout the country.
The Independent Institute performed their own evaluation of B.E.S.T. as well as addressing Fordham's issues head on. This article is well worth a read in the hopes that such a curriculum might take hold in Georgia.
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