Popular Info: Inside the “dangerous” math textbooks DeSantis claims would “indoctrinate students”
On April 15, the Florida Department of Education issued a dramatic press release: “Florida Rejects Publishers’ Attempts to Indoctrinate Students.” In the release, Florida Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran announced that he had rejected 54 math textbooks submitted by publishers for the next school year. According to the Florida Department of Education,
7. We also obtained the only middle school textbook rejected for including "prohibited topics."
This book did touch on race by including short write-ups of mathematicians from throughout history
Including 2 black mathematicianshttps://t.co/51u8S5rQMk pic.twitter.com/34oby83hmO
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) April 21, 2022
