DeSantis has railed against the process by which tenure is awarded and GOP lawmakers have imposed conservative education reforms across the state.

Professors from across the country have long been lured to Florida’s public colleges and universities, with the educators attracted to the research opportunities, student bodies, and the warm weather.

But for a swath of liberal-leaning professors, many of them holding highly coveted tenured positions, they’ve felt increasingly out of place in the Sunshine State. And some of them are pointing to the conservative administration of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis as the reason for their departures, according to The New York Times.

DeSantis, who was elected to the governorship in 2018 and was easily reelected last fall, has over the course of his tenure worked to put a conservative imprint on a state where moderation was once a driving force in state politics. In recent years, DeSantis has railed against the current process by which tenure is awarded, and with a largely compliant GOP-controlled legislature, he’s imposed conservative education reforms across the state.

    • eric@lemmy.world
      20·
      7 months ago

      I’ve met many, and in 20+ years of knowing them, I know many more ex-teachers than those still teaching because our education system does not value their work and actively makes it incredibly hard for them.

        • eric@lemmy.world
          71·
          7 months ago

          So then you realize your statement is meaningless because many of those teachers that 100% take the burden on themselves and fill the gaps out of their own pocketbook still wash out after some time.

          And even if they don’t, the few that remain do not deserve the load that society has already saddled them with, and they certainly shouldn’t be used as the example of how real teachers will take on any new hardship for the children no matter the load.

          I’m sure there are some teachers that will work for free, but don’t tell the republicans because they’d try to staff public schools entirely with volunteers.

    • tsonfeir@lemm.ee
      15·
      7 months ago

      Teachers don’t give up on students. They do give up on institutions.

      Florida is going to be a wasteland of inbred morons in 20 years if it’s not under water.

      • kool_newt@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        7 months ago

        Florida is going to be a wasteland of inbred morons in 20 years if it’s not under water.

        Yes, but they still have 2 senators. Do this to enough states and you’ve effectively eliminated democracy.