Dozens of math textbooks were rejected by the Florida Department of Education after officials said the publishers were attempting to indoctrinate students.
Highlights
- 54 textbooks submitted for the state of Florida’s approved list have been rejected by the Florida Department of Education.
- 41% of the submitted textbooks included references to critical race theory, common core and social emotional learning.
- Governor Ron DeSantis said in a statement, “It seems that some publishers attempted to slap a coat of paint on an old house built on the foundation of Common Core, and indoctrinate concepts like race essentialism, bizarrely for elementary students.
- News 6 has reached out to FDOE to learn which textbooks were rejected, and why.
- Osceola County school district is currently reviewing four books that were recently banned in other districts.