Ron DeSantis touts Florida’s education system, slams ‘woke’ academia in Sarasota address

Gov.RonDeSantisusedaspeechatNewCollegeofFloridatotakeontheeducationalestablishment,toutinghisaccomplishmentsasheattemptstoremakeFloridapubliceducation.(DavidUnsworth/FoxNewsDigital) FloridaGov.RonDeSantisaddressedanaudienceatSarasota’sNewCollegeofFloridaSaturdayinaspeechthattoutedthestate’seducationalaccomplishmentsandreformsandbashedthe“woke”strangleholdonacademia. “Inthelast5½years,there’sbeennostatethathasdonemoretoreformandimproveeducation.…Wetookonschoolchoice.WemadesureschoolswereopenduringCOVID,battlingschoolunions,allthisstuff.Soitwasreally,reallygood.” NewCollegeofFlorida,thestate’sliberalartshonorscollege,hasbeenthesiteofacontentiouspowerstrugglebetweenthepreviousschooladministrationandthegovernor,whichhasseenDeSantisseektoremaketheinstitutionintheimageofMichigan’sHillsdaleCollege.  InJanuary2023,DeSantisapp