{"id":1444606,"date":"2022-04-18T17:29:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T21:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1444606"},"modified":"2022-04-18T17:30:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T21:30:07","slug":"ron-desantis-defends-florida-rejecting-dozens-of-books-due-to-common-core-crt-that-doesnt-meet-the-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-defends-florida-rejecting-dozens-of-books-due-to-common-core-crt-that-doesnt-meet-the-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron DeSantis Defends Florida Rejecting Dozens of Books Due to Common Core, CRT: &#039;That Doesn&#039;t Meet the Standards&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Fron-desantis-defends-florida-rejecting-dozens-of-books-due-to-common-core-crt-that-doesnt-meet-the-standards%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=1444606&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP22011641301484-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) defended the Florida Department of Education for rejecting dozens of books due to what it says is the infusion of Common Core and Critical Race Theory (CRT), as the governor made it clear that such material \u201cdoesn\u2019t meet the standards\u201d in the Sunshine State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got rid of Common Core. As you know, we have B.E.S.T. [Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking] standards which is a better way to do a lot of things, but particularly math,\u201d DeSantis said during the Q&#038;A portion of a press conference in Jacksonville, Florida, Monday morning.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI mean one of the criticisms was the parents couldn\u2019t help their kids with the math homework,\u201d he said, explaining that any books that \u201cdon\u2019t meet the B.E.S.T. standards are not going to be appropriate for us to use.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou do have things like social and emotional learning and some of the other things that are more political in there,\u201d he said, adding that it \u201cdoesn\u2019t meet the standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut second, you know, math is about getting the right answer, and we want kids to learn to think so they get the right answer. It\u2019s not about how you feel about the problem or to introduce some of these other things,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a right answer and there\u2019s a wrong answer and we want all our students getting the right answers,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The governor explained that most of the rejected books happened to be those in the early grades, but he made it clear that his administration is going to \u201ccontinue to focus on the education, on the actual strong academic performance of the students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want things like math to have, you know, some of these other concepts introduced,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not been proven to be effective and quite frankly, it takes our eye off the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He later added that there is an \u201cappeal process that the textbook publishers can go through,\u201d and they \u201cmay agree to tweak some of the things that there\u2019s things, you know, there\u2019s Common Core math, maybe they\u2019ll be able to dial that back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a process that they\u2019re going to go under,\u201d he reiterated.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the Florida Department of Education <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fldoe.org\/newsroom\/latest-news\/florida-rejects-publishers-attempts-to-indoctrinate-students.stml?fbclid=IwAR3VmsKzNvJawEfuD5t5k315p0An9SLOs7TcBgkokQ9P8Iw31Ka1IPnl6CI\">announced<\/a> that it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/04\/18\/florida-rejects-41-percent-proposed-math-textbooks-critical-race-theory-indoctrination\/\">would not include<\/a> 41 percent of submitted textbooks on the state\u2019s adopted list \u2014 54 rejected textbooks altogether. Specifically, the department said some of the books incorporated \u201cprohibited topics or unsolicited strategies, including CRT. Others, the department said, did \u201cnot properly align to B.E.S.T. Standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\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 DeSantis said in a statement at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\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 he added.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran also made it clear that the state would focus on\u00a0reinforcing parents\u2019 rights \u201cby 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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. 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