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Friday, October 23, 2026

Governor Ron DeSantis announces a legislative proposal called the Stop the Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees (W.O.K.E.) Act - Fox 4

On Wednesday, Governor Ron DeSantis introduced a legislative proposal called the Stop W.O.K.E. Act which takes a stand against critical race theory in our schools. It means the stop the wrongs to our kids and employees.

The teaching of critical race theory was banned by the Florida board of education in June.

We spoke with a professor of educational law at Florida Gulf Coast University to explain what critical race theory means?

Professor Jennifer Sughrue, "Critical race theory it’s a way explaining how some groups are put in a disadvantage through law and policy whether intentional or not. It came out of Harvard Law school Derrick Bell he was a Harvard law student African-American and he began to say the impact of certain laws and policies how they impacted different groups of people and somewhere disadvantaged by it."

Professor Sughrue explains that a theory is a theory until proven wrong and when students in college or universities are learning it she says they are asked to conduct research to explain further whereas younger students...

"I’m not aware of anyone that wants it in k-12. Why it doesn’t work in K 12 they’re not asking students to conduct research," Professor Sughrue.

The Stop W.O.K.E. Act would prohibit school districts, colleges and universities from hiring woke critical race theory consultants.
It would also protect school students, and employees against hostile work environments due to critical race theory.

Governor Ron DeSantis says, "By us protecting...



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