Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis is under fire for banning 41 percent of all math books in grades K-12, including a whopping 71 percent of books in grades K-5.
DeSantis’ Dept. of Education announced in a press release, “Florida Rejects Publishers’ Attempts to Indoctrinate Students.” The DeSantis administration does not appear to have published a list of banned books or specific reasons each book was banned, nor did they provide examples. They also did not explain how or why the supposed “indoctrination” materials were initially approved, how long they have been in use, or what negative outcomes they have produced, if any.
Some say banning the books is just another way to reward GOP donors, by spending millions to buy new books.
“Ron DeSantis banned 28 math books because he and his base are so terrified of critical race theory and Black people,” political commentator Lindy Li tweeted. “He banned abortion because he and his base are so scared of women having control over their own lives…Ladies and gents, this is ChristoFascism in a nutshell.”
“Our kids are already woefully behind our international rivals in STEM fields,” she added. “Not sure hindering the teaching of math is a helpful solution.”
DeSantis is banning math books but he’s not banning guns.
— Voters of Tomorrow (@VotersTomorrow) April 16, 2022
He’s more worried about kids being educated than about kids being shot.
FL banned 54 math books because of references to CRT & other “prohibited topics” & “unsolicited strategies” (Common Core & SEL).🤯
— Marla W (@marla_vous) April 16, 2022
No book titles. No specific examples.
Notice how they’re slowly taking more control w/ less transparency?
GET DESANTIS OUT#DemVoice1 #BlueVoices