A Florida principal who was fired after showing students ‘David’ is welcomed in Italy

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Hope Carrasquilla, a Florida principal who was asked to resign in March after sixth-grade students were taught about and shown a picture of Michelangelo’s David statue, traveled to Florence, Italy to see the sculpture in real life.

David was magnificent in person,” Carrasquilla told NPR. “All students should study the Renaissance, not only the art but the history as well.”

Read more on NPR.

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