Florida rejects 41% of new math textbooks, citing critical race theory among its reasons
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CNN, WJXT By Tina Burnside, Zoe Sottile and Nicole Chavez, CNN The Florida Department of Education announced Friday the state has rejected more than 50 math textbooks from next school year’s curriculum, citing references to critical race theory among reasons for the rejections.
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Florida Targets Math Textbooks for Including CRT
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Florida rejects 41% of new math textbooks, citing critical race theory among its reasons
The Florida Department of Education has determined that a large number of math textbooks attempted to “indoctrinate” students through the inclusion of CRT
The Florida Department of Education announced it had rejected 41 percent of submitted mathematics textbooks because the books contained "prohibited topics" such as Critical Race Theory and Social Emotional Learning."Reasons
CNN, WJXT By Tina Burnside, Zoe Sottile and Nicole Chavez, CNN The Florida Department of Education announced Friday the state has rejected more than 50 math textbooks from next school year’s curriculum, citing references to critical race theory among reasons for the rejections.
The Florida Department of Education rejected 41% of mathematics textbooks submitted for use in the state's public schools, citing critical race theory and other issues with the texts. The rejection rate was the highest in the state's history.
The Florida Department of Education has rejected 54 math textbooks after claiming publishers were trying to “indoctrinate students” with references to Critical Race Theory and other topics. In a statement Friday, the Department of Education said 54 of 132 submitted textbooks, about 41%, were rejecte…
In its latest attempt at setting policy in public school classrooms, Florida said it has rejected a pile of math textbooks submitted by publishers in part because they "contained prohibited subjects," including critical race theory.
Florida’s Department of Education rejected nearly half of the suggested math textbooks for 2022-2023 on the basis that they violate state laws prohibiting teaching critical race theory.
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