{"id":1441802,"date":"2022-04-16T17:14:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T21:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1441802"},"modified":"2022-04-16T17:14:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T21:14:39","slug":"florida-rejects-dozens-of-math-books-containing-critical-race-theory-and-other-indoctrinating-concepts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-rejects-dozens-of-math-books-containing-critical-race-theory-and-other-indoctrinating-concepts\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Rejects Dozens Of Math Books Containing \u2018Critical Race Theory\u2019 And Other \u2018Indoctrinating Concepts\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflorida-rejects-dozens-of-math-books-containing-critical-race-theory-and-other-indoctrinating-concepts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1441802&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Ron-DeSantis.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>The Florida Department of Education announced on Friday that after a recent review, 41% of proposed K-12 mathematics books intended for use during the 2022-2023 public school year did not meet state academic standards due to their apparent inclusion of Critical Race Theory principles and other controversial approaches to education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cReasons for rejecting textbooks included references to Critical Race Theory (CRT), inclusions of Common Core, and the unsolicited addition of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in mathematics,\u201d Florida\u2019s Department of Education <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fldoe.org\/newsroom\/latest-news\/florida-rejects-publishers-attempts-to-indoctrinate-students.stml\">said<\/a> in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe highest number of books rejected were for grade levels K-5, where an alarming 71 percent were not appropriately aligned with Florida standards or included prohibited topics and unsolicited strategies,\u201d Florida\u2019s D.O.E. added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt 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,\u201d Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In January 2020, The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fl-gov-desantis-announces-new-academic-standards-kicks-out-common-core\">reported<\/a> that \u201cDeSantis announced new academic standards for the state, shoving out the Common Core standards that had been implemented in the state in 2010, just one year after he started pushing for jettisoning those standards.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The new standards were titled, \u201cBenchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking,\u201d or \u201cB.E.S.T.\u201d According to the press release sent out Friday, Florida\u2019s government had been straightforward in the instructions given to textbook publishers during the 2021 submittal process for the 2022-2023 school year, the first year \u201cB.E.S.T\u201d would be put into place:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><i><span>In fact, FDOE proactively informed publishers in<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fldoe.org\/core\/fileparse.php\/5574\/urlt\/AddendMath.pdf\"><i><span>June 2021<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span> that textbooks must align to the B.E.S.T. Standards, state laws regarding required instruction, and that they should not incorporate unsolicited strategies such as SEL in their instructional materials.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cWe\u2019re going to ensure that Florida has the highest-quality instructional materials aligned to our nationally-recognized standards,\u201d Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhen it comes to education, other states continue to follow Florida\u2019s lead as we continue to reinforce parents\u2019 rights by focusing on providing their children with a world-class education without the fear of indoctrination or exposure to dangerous and divisive concepts in our classrooms,\u201d Corcoran added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>DeSantis has long been an opponent of Critical Race Theory in classes. In June 2021, the governor called it \u201cpoison,\u201d while adding that Florida was \u201chappy to have banned it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While SEL has been around for decades, in recent years, many believe it has transformed into a vehicle for pushing many of the same principles of Critical Race Theory, such as the concept of equity, privilege, and systemic racism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span> According to the Collaborative for Academic, Social Emotional Learning, equity goes<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Social+Emotional+Learning+(SEL)+is+a+disguise+for+CRT.&#038;rlz=1C5GCEM_enUS998US998&#038;oq=Social+Emotional+Learning+(SEL)+is+a+disguise+for+CRT.&#038;aqs=chrome..69i57.97j0j4&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\"><span>hand-in-hand with SEL<\/span><\/a><span>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><i><span>While SEL alone will not solve longstanding and deep-seated inequities in the education system, it can help schools promote understanding, examine biases, reflect on and address the impact of r<\/span><\/i><i><span>acism, build cross-cultural relationships, and cultivate adult and student practices that close opportunity gaps and create a more inclusive school community. In doing so, schools can promote high-quality educational opportunities and outcomes for all students, irrespective of race, socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation, and other differences.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>All of those principles, if included in Florida curriculums, could potentially run afoul of several Florida laws designed to protect students from those kinds of concepts that could potentially be viewed as progressive indoctrination as outlined under Flordia\u2019s B.E.S.T. standards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In total, 54 books out of 132 proposed books were rejected for K-12 classes. Publishers do have an option to appeal the state\u2019s decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m 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,\u201d DeSantis added in a press release.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. Believe the same? <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Become a member now and join our mission<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Florida Department of Education announced on Friday that after a recent review, 41% of proposed K-12 mathematics books intended for use during the 2022-2023 public school year did not<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":1443730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1441802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1441802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1443730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1441802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1441802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1441802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}