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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sun Apr 24, 2022, 01:29 PM Apr 2022

Florida math book ban miscalculates Editorial

Palm Beach Post Editorial

With great fanfare and very little evidence, the Florida Department of Education banned more than 50 new math textbooks for containing "indoctrinating information" on "prohibited topics." Specific examples of offensive material are still hard to come by, which should anger parents who want better schools, not more crass politics.

Where are the examples of "indoctrination," "prohibited topics" and "divisive concepts" that threaten public schools in Florida and have so rattled Gov. Ron DeSantis and Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran?

Barring proof that publishers are now pushing 3+3 equals CRT, the decision amounts to a nod to fringe politics. It clearly hasn't helped school districts now thrown into a tizzy as they scramble for instructional material for the upcoming school year.

We believe parents want better educational opportunities in Florida's public schools, not the political theater that only undermines public school instruction. We aren't convinced that the governor or his education department share that view.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-math-book-ban-miscalculates-110036985.html

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Florida math book ban miscalculates Editorial (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2022 OP
Seeing as no examples have yet been shown regarding... 3catwoman3 Apr 2022 #1
It's all the signs of equality that they find objectionable. Marcuse Apr 2022 #5
as always...follow the money... bahboo Apr 2022 #2
See this thread... billh58 Apr 2022 #4
I'm wondering if DeSantis and the Florida School Board of Education support Uncle Joe Apr 2022 #3
K&R Thanks for posting. n/t TeamProg Apr 2022 #6
All the banned math books had equals signs in them. Nothing scares a fascist like equality. LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2022 #7

3catwoman3

(25,677 posts)
1. Seeing as no examples have yet been shown regarding...
Sun Apr 24, 2022, 02:17 PM
Apr 2022

...just what content in math books is related to race in any possible way, I'm having a hell of a time trying to imagine any such content.

Uncle Joe

(60,265 posts)
3. I'm wondering if DeSantis and the Florida School Board of Education support
Sun Apr 24, 2022, 03:59 PM
Apr 2022

calling the Russian invasion of Ukraine a "special military operation" instead of war?

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