>Florida Rejects Publishers’ Attempts to Indoctrinate Students
https://www.fldoe.org/newsroom/latest-news/florida-rejects-publishers-attempts-to-indoctrinate-students.stml
>Overall, Florida is initially not including 54 of the 132 (41 percent) submitted textbooks on the state’s adopted list. The full breakdown is below:
>78 of 132 total submitted textbooks are being included on the state’s adopted list.
>28 (21 percent) are not included on the adopted list because they incorporate prohibited topics or unsolicited strategies, including CRT.
>12 (9 percent) are not included on the adopted list because they do not properly align to B.E.S.T. Standards.
>14 (11 percent) are not included on the adopted list because they do not properly align to B.E.S.T. Standards and incorporate prohibited topics or unsolicited strategies, including CRT.
>Grades K-5: 71 percent of materials were rejected.
>Grades 6-8: 20 percent of materials were rejected.
>Grades 9-12: 35 percent of materials were rejected.
>“It seems that some publishers attempted to slap a coat of paint on an old house built on the foundation of Common Core, and indoctrinating concepts like race essentialism, especially, bizarrely, for elementary school students,” said Governor Ron DeSantis. “I’m grateful that Commissioner Corcoran and his team at the Department have conducted such a thorough vetting of these textbooks to ensure they comply with the law.”
https://www.fldoe.org/newsroom/latest-news/florida-rejects-publishers-attempts-to-indoctrinate-students.stml
>Overall, Florida is initially not including 54 of the 132 (41 percent) submitted textbooks on the state’s adopted list. The full breakdown is below:
>78 of 132 total submitted textbooks are being included on the state’s adopted list.
>28 (21 percent) are not included on the adopted list because they incorporate prohibited topics or unsolicited strategies, including CRT.
>12 (9 percent) are not included on the adopted list because they do not properly align to B.E.S.T. Standards.
>14 (11 percent) are not included on the adopted list because they do not properly align to B.E.S.T. Standards and incorporate prohibited topics or unsolicited strategies, including CRT.
>Grades K-5: 71 percent of materials were rejected.
>Grades 6-8: 20 percent of materials were rejected.
>Grades 9-12: 35 percent of materials were rejected.
>“It seems that some publishers attempted to slap a coat of paint on an old house built on the foundation of Common Core, and indoctrinating concepts like race essentialism, especially, bizarrely, for elementary school students,” said Governor Ron DeSantis. “I’m grateful that Commissioner Corcoran and his team at the Department have conducted such a thorough vetting of these textbooks to ensure they comply with the law.”
