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Florida education agency rejects math books it claims contain Critical Race Theory

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis listens as outgoing Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran speaks during a news conference at Renaissance Charter School in Wellington, Monday, March 21, 2022. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis listens as outgoing Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran speaks during a news conference at Renaissance Charter School in Wellington, Monday, March 21, 2022 (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel). The pair announced Friday that Florida had rejected 42 math textbooks they claimed contained "critical race theory" and other inappropriate lessons.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis listens as outgoing Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran speaks during a news conference at Renaissance Charter School in Wellington, Monday, March 21, 2022. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis listens as outgoing Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran speaks during a news conference at Renaissance Charter School in Wellington, Monday, March 21, 2022 (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel). The pair announced Friday that Florida had rejected 42 math textbooks they claimed contained “critical race theory” and other inappropriate lessons.
Leslie Postal, Orlando Sentinel staff portrait in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel)
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Florida rejected 42 math textbooks publishers wanted to sell to the state’s public schools, claiming the books contained “critical race theory” or other “prohibited topics” and “unsolicited strategies,” the Department of Education said Friday.A press release announcing the move did not say which textbooks — many meant for elementary schools — had been rejected for […]

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