Critics warn Florida's new teaching standards rehabilitate aspects of the anti

Florida’s new standards reframe the McCarthy era as a legitimate anti-communist effort, instructing teachers to present criticism of the Red Scare as propaganda.

The daughter of blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo denounced the standards, saying history should not be rewritten for political purposes.

The standards stem from a 2024 law requiring public school instruction on communism’s consequences, a Republican-backed initiative.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The daughter of a Hollywood screenwriter who was imprisoned and blacklisted during the anti-communist Red Scare has decried Florida’s new social studies teaching standards that other critics have warned rehabilitate shameful aspects of the McCarthy era.

“The new Florida standards you write about are appalling,” Mitzi Trumbo said late Thurs