Florida schools are facing concerns over sexual content in their educational materials, leading some districts to remove works by William Shakespeare from their curriculum. Following the adoption of the Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking standards in 2020, Florida’s Department of Education distributed recommended reading lists that included renowned literary works. The list said “top of the line literary works with world renowned titles.” Among the authors on the high school list was William Shakespeare. However, three years later, several Florida school districts are avoiding Shakespeare’s works and other classics due to new state laws restricting materials with sexual content. Hillsborough County is the latest district to make this move, instructing teachers to assign excerpts from plays like “Romeo and Juliet” instead of the full text, Tampa Bay Times reported. Also read: A few good actions may actually be enough to improve education Joseph Cool, a teacher at Gaither High School, criticised the move, stating, “Taking Shakespeare in its entirety out because the relationship between Romeo and Juliet is somehow exploiting minors is just absurd.” She …