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

Among those who were in support of the ousted Florida principal was the director of Florence's Accademia Galleria, where Michelangelo's David is housed. On Friday, the two finally got to meet.

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Florida principal who lost job over ‘pornographic’ David statue visits Italy

Hope Carrasquilla, forced to resign after parents condemned Michelangelo’s statue as pornography, invited to Florence

The Guardian - US

US principal forced to resign for showing Michelangelo’s David to pupils travels to Florence to see sculpture

Hope Carrasquilla was forced to resign as principal of Tallahassee Classical School after parents objected that they had not been informed that images of the naked biblical figure would be shown to their 11 and 12-year-old children

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US principal forced out in 'porn' flap views David statue

A former Florida school principal who was forced to resign after students were shown an image of Michelangelo’s iconic statue of a nude David has viewed the masterpiece in person

The Independent UK

Gino D’Acampo: The Michaelangelo row is ridiculous – in Italy, we celebrate the body

Celebrity chef and TV presenter Gino D’Acampo addresses the furore over a Florida school’s visit to see Michaelangelo’s statue of David

The Independent UK

College ends partnership with school over 'David' issue

A Michigan college will no longer partner with a Florida charter school after the school's principal resigned due to complaints sixth graders were exposed to pornography during a Renaissance art lesson that included Michelangelo’s “David” sculpture

The Independent UK

Tourists rush to see Michelangelo’s David statue after Florida censorship

Tourists have shared photos of themselves with the famous Michelangelo statue David after Hope Carrasquilla, former principal at Tallahassee Classical School in Florida, was fired for teaching a class on it

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Visitors flock to see Michelangelo's David sculpture after school uproar in Florida

Tourists , many American, flooded a museum in Florence, Italy, to see the Renaissance masterpiece after a Florida school forced its principal to resign over complaints about a lesson on the statue.

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Tourists flock to see Michelangelo’s statue of David after Florida censorship row

Florence’s mayor has extended an invitation to the teacher at the heart of the controversy to visit the Italian city

The Independent UK

David statue in Italy draws flood of tourists in wake of Florida uproar

Tourists, many of them Americans on spring break or studying abroad, posed for selfies in front of the giant marble statue, which features the Biblical David, naked with a sling over his shoulder and a rock in his hand, ready for battle with Goliath.

Chicago Sun-Times

Italians astonished as US teacher fired for showing children Michelangelo's David

Dario Nardella, Mayor of Florence, where the world-famous statue is kept, described the firing of principal at Tallahassee Classical School, Florida, Hope Carrasquilla as 'ridicolo'

Daily Mirror

Visitors flock to see David sculpture after Florida uproar

Visitors have flocked to see Michelangelo’s David sculpture in Florence following the uproar over the Renaissance masterpiece at a Florida school

The Independent UK

First Thing: Nashville school shooter carefully plotted attack that killed six

President again calls on Congress to pass assault weapons ban, after three children and three adults killed at a Christian elementary school. Plus, meatball from long-extinct mammoth created

The Guardian - UK

Is Michelangelo’s David pornography? Italians invite Florida parents to visit statue in person

The board of the Tallahassee Classical School pressured Principal Hope Carrasquilla to resign last week after an image of the David was shown to a sixth-grade art class.

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Italy curator slams 'ignorance' in US Michelangelo row

Rome (AFP) - The head of the Italian museum housing Michelangelo's David criticised Monday "twisted minds" who equated nudity with pornography, after a US school principal was forced out of her job following an art lesson that featured images of the statue.

The Guardian - US

Art, not pornography: Florence museum invites Florida parents to see the David

Galleria dell’Accademia director issues invitation in wake of incident that forced principal to resign after parents’ complaints

WEKU

A principal is fired, invited to Italy after students are shown Michelangelo's 'David'

A picture of the Renaissance statue is shown each year to sixth-grade art students at Tallahassee Classical School in Florida, but this month it drew fury. Italians, though, are praising the educator.

Evening Standard

Museum invites Florida parents to view Michelangelo’s David after statue branded ‘pornographic’

Tallahassee Classical School has roughly 400 students from kindergarten through the 12th grade and has had three principals in three years

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The Independent UK

Florida school uproar leads Italy to invite viewing ‘David’

A Florence museum and the city's mayor are inviting parents and students from a Florida charter school to visit and see Michelangelo’s “David.”

The Independent UK

Florida school uproar leads Italy to invite viewing 'David'

A Florence museum and the city's mayor are inviting parents and students from a Florida charter school to visit and see Michelangelo’s “David.”

The Guardian - US

Florida principal resigns after parents decry Michelangelo’s David as pornography

Tallahassee Classical school’s governing board heard complaints after sixth-graders were shown classical sculpture

The Guardian - US

In Florida, parents are always right – even when they think a Michelangelo is porn

A principal was fired after a Renaissance art class was shown David in the latest example of the state’s censorship crusade

The Independent UK

Principal resigns after complaints on 'David' statue nudity

A Florida charter school principal has been forced to resign after a parent complained sixth graders were exposed to pornography during a lesson on Renaissance art that included Michelangelo’s “David” sculpture

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Principal axed over "pornographic" David

The Florida public charter school that forced former principal to resign has far-right connections

The Independent UK

School principal resigns after showing Michelangelo’s David in class

A parent called the lesson ‘pornographic’

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