ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida rejected 42 math textbooks publishers wanted to sell to the state’s public schools, claiming the books contained “critical race theory” or other “prohibited topics” and “unsolicited strategies,” the Department of Education said Friday.
A news release announcing the move did not say which textbooks — many meant for elementary schools — had been rejected for containing CRT, nor provide examples of the lessons the education department found objectionable. Spokespeople for the education department and Gov. Ron DeSantis did not respond to requests for specific examples that prompted the decision.
A dozen other math books were rejected because they did not meet Florida’s new math standards and instead still followed Common Core, the previously adopted standards that DeSantis ordered removed from public schools soon after he won election, the department said in a news release.
