Florida Republicans continue their war on education after rejecting this week more than 50 proposed math textbooks that allegedly “included references to Critical Race Theory”.
The Florida Department of Education announced Friday it was removing 54 of the 132 ― or 41% ― of math textbooks on the state’s adopted list, citing “CRT” as one of the main reasons.
“Reasons for rejecting textbooks included references to Critical Race Theory (CRT), inclusions of Common Core, and the unsolicited addition of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in mathematics. The highest number of books rejected were for grade levels K-5, where an alarming 71 percent were not appropriately aligned with Florida standards or included prohibited topics and unsolicited strategies”.
Democratic state Representative Carlos Guillermo Smith responds:
Florida governor Ron DeSantis ‘has turned our classrooms into political battlefields and this is just the beginning’.
.@EducationFL just announced they’re banning dozens of math textbooks they claim “indoctrinate” students with CRT. They won’t tell us what they are or what they say b/c it’s a lie.#DeSantis has turned our classrooms into political battlefields and this is just the beginning. ? pic.twitter.com/AliAGRDJIW — Rep. Carlos G Smith (@CarlosGSmith) April 15, 2022
