On April 15, the Florida Department of Education issued a dramatic press release: "Florida Rejects Publishers’ Attempts to Indoctrinate Students." 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, 26 of those math textbooks were rejected because they contained "prohibited topics," including Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Social-Emotional Learning (SEL).
Another good job, TC. DeSantis got headlines and ignorance know he/she/it are conforted in knowing the welcome light is on for he/it/what buts in Florida.
Ahhh, where do I start? What I know is that the antics, posturing, and theater of DeSantis and Corcoran controlling, not governing, public education must not prevail. The fact that there is only one publisher K-12 approved by them is ghastly. Even more ghastly is that the specific examples given for rejection of other publishers is ignorant, unfounded, and insulting.
The beginning swell of teacher discontent over this is like nothing I’ve seen before. And I’ve listened to a lot of teachers over the years.
I’m considering a run for a school board seat this year. A decision had been made after a narrow loss in 2020 to support other candidates. But, sh*t happens. Like treason. And total marginalization of children through the common good of public education.
'PROHIBITED TOPICS - LIES, LIES, AND MORE LIES could also be titled, HOW THE AUTOCRATS DESTROY DEMOCRACY & EDUCATION for THEIR OWN PERSONAL POWER.
This piece by TC documents how the autocrats are taking a torch to education in America. Thank you TC.
'The Florida Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union, joined Democrats in calling for more transparency over the textbook decisions.'
“The state has an obligation to ensure that every child is getting the math instruction they need with the highest quality materials,” FEA president Andrew Spar said in a statement.
'DeSantis said he would be open to the state making public examples of the textbooks, but maintained that the content is considered “proprietary information” as publishers weigh possible appeals to the rejections.' (Politico) See link below
‘… schooling teaches people to interact with others and raises the benefits of civic participation, including voting and organizing. In the battle between democracy and dictatorship, democracy has a wide potential base of support but offers weak incentives to its defenders.
'Dictatorship provides stronger incentives to a narrower base. As education raises the benefits of civic engagement, it raises participation in support of a broad-based regime (democracy) relative to that in support of a narrow-based regime (dictatorship). This increases the likelihood of successful democratic revolutions against dictatorships and reduces that of successful anti-democratic coups.'
This is so important!! Excellent analysis of the Florida textbook mirage. I have reposted it with the heading, "How Hitler would ban books in 2022"
P.S. I have some very nice Democratic friends who live in The Villages. Not my cup of tea though.
It will be interesting to see who is awarded book contracts...
Another good job, TC. DeSantis got headlines and ignorance know he/she/it are conforted in knowing the welcome light is on for he/it/what buts in Florida.
Ahhh, where do I start? What I know is that the antics, posturing, and theater of DeSantis and Corcoran controlling, not governing, public education must not prevail. The fact that there is only one publisher K-12 approved by them is ghastly. Even more ghastly is that the specific examples given for rejection of other publishers is ignorant, unfounded, and insulting.
The beginning swell of teacher discontent over this is like nothing I’ve seen before. And I’ve listened to a lot of teachers over the years.
I’m considering a run for a school board seat this year. A decision had been made after a narrow loss in 2020 to support other candidates. But, sh*t happens. Like treason. And total marginalization of children through the common good of public education.
'PROHIBITED TOPICS - LIES, LIES, AND MORE LIES could also be titled, HOW THE AUTOCRATS DESTROY DEMOCRACY & EDUCATION for THEIR OWN PERSONAL POWER.
This piece by TC documents how the autocrats are taking a torch to education in America. Thank you TC.
'The Florida Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union, joined Democrats in calling for more transparency over the textbook decisions.'
“The state has an obligation to ensure that every child is getting the math instruction they need with the highest quality materials,” FEA president Andrew Spar said in a statement.
'DeSantis said he would be open to the state making public examples of the textbooks, but maintained that the content is considered “proprietary information” as publishers weigh possible appeals to the rejections.' (Politico) See link below
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/18/florida-critical-race-theory-math-textbooks-00025918
‘… schooling teaches people to interact with others and raises the benefits of civic participation, including voting and organizing. In the battle between democracy and dictatorship, democracy has a wide potential base of support but offers weak incentives to its defenders.
'Dictatorship provides stronger incentives to a narrower base. As education raises the benefits of civic engagement, it raises participation in support of a broad-based regime (democracy) relative to that in support of a narrow-based regime (dictatorship). This increases the likelihood of successful democratic revolutions against dictatorships and reduces that of successful anti-democratic coups.'
https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/glaeser/files/democracy_final_jeg_1.pdf