The state of Florida is making a lot of waves lately, and the recent announcement that 41 percent of potential mathematics textbooks and materials were rejected by the Florida Department of Education is no exception. Critics responded with dismay, hinting that such decisions were based on politics rather than teaching.
Yet rejecting these textbooks was an attempt to get politics out of education, such as “indoctrinating concepts like race essentialism,” and get back to basics of straightforward learning, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a press release. Given that 71 percent of materials in grades K-5 were rejected, it seems Florida might have its work cut out for them to find decent, straightforward curricula.
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