Inside the “dangerous” math textbooks DeSantis claims would “indoctrinate students”

Added on April 22nd, 2022 by edmfreak69 | Report Post
Tags:Florida, Politics

On April 15, the Florida Department of Education issued a dramatic press release: “Florida Rejects Publishers’ Attempts to Indoctrinate Students.” In the release, Florida Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran announced that he had rejected 54 math textbooks submitted by publishers for the next school year. According to the Florida Department of Education,

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Bolthorn (#6297)

3 years ago

Follow the money and you’ll find that textbooks that were not banned are from publishers owned, or heavily invested in, by right wingers. It’s grandstanding performance art of the worst kind and another grift against the taxpayers.

Hey, someone in the comments found that Twitter thread I couldn’t find looking for it again.

I have never EVER subscribed to or believed in any conspiracy theory in my life. That being said, what I'm about to say, I know, but please hear me out. The new Florida law, HB7, which forbids CRT from being taught in math classes from K-12 here in Florida has resulted in only

— Judi Stern Levine @DobbsGirl1 (@SternLevine) April 20, 2022

And another source.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/04/19/desantis-textbooks-florida-woke-one-publisher-allowed-k-5-math-classes/7357965001/

Sometimes comment sections are useful.

Last edited 3 years ago by Bolthorn

Karl Lewis (#191444)

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3 years ago

Democrats are infuriating for so many reasons, but the fscking GOP has become the party of all grift, all the time. If ever you have any doubt why a Republican is advocating for one thing or another, you can just safely assume that it its a grift. It is ALWAYS a grift.