Florida math book ban miscalculates Editorial [View all]
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.
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