CNN: Florida rejects nearly 35 percent of social studies textbooks submitted

Former President Donald Trump might have given CNN its highest ratings by a large margin Wednesday night by appearing at a town hall, but it’s Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis the media is really worried about. You wouldn’t say the media is obsessed with Florida, would you? They made minor celebrities of a Democratic lawyer who dressed as the Grim Reaper and stalked the beaches and of serial fabulist and insane person Rebekah Jones, who lied about DeSantis undercounting COVID numbers.

Then came the law that the media referred to by the same name as its opponents: “Don’t Say Gay.” The media also pounced on DeSantis’ fight against critical race theory — we were assured that in Florida, books even mentioning black people were illegal. The state would also stop teaching about slavery and Jim Crow.

CNN’s back on the Florida beat, this time to tell us that Florida rejected nearly 35 percent of social studies books submitted for approval by their publishers. That sounds good to us: Publishers compete to have schools purchase their textbooks, so let the ones that teach “social justice” rather than history sit in a warehouse somewhere.

Florida rejected nearly 35% of social studies textbooks submitted by publishers for approval, including those that referenced social justice and “other information that was not aligned with Florida Law,” the state’s Department of Education announced https://t.co/vldZYmtH9T

— CNN (@CNN) May 11, 2023

Chandelis Duster, Carlos Suarez and Sara Weisfeldt report for CNN:

Florida rejected nearly 35% of social studies textbooks submitted by publishers for approval, including those that referenced social justice and “other information that was not aligned with Florida Law,” the state’s Department of Education announced Tuesday.

Regarding K-12 social studies instructional materials, 66 of 101 submitted materials were approved and met state standards for every grade level, the department said.

When the submitted materials were initially reviewed, only 19 out of 101 were approved due to “inaccurate material, errors and other information that was not aligned with Florida Law,” and the department said it worked with publishers who “have updated their materials to comply with Florida’s rigorous standards.”

The move by the Florida Department of Education comes as Republican lawmakers, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, have made widespread efforts to restrict how racism and history are taught in schools. It also comes amid a contentious national debate on the issue.

Excellent. Activism has no place in schools. Educators are there to teach skills, not instill political duties of conscience on young children before they can understand issues, let alone see both sides of it, thus allowing them to make their own choices and political decisions.

— Pontificating Paul (@Lord_grimz) May 11, 2023

This says more about the publishers than Florida

— Chubby cyclist (@BaldYetti) May 11, 2023

Yes, it does. How terrible that the state’s education department is reviewing textbooks to see which ones aren’t worthy of using in the classroom. Of course, cue all the liberals posting photos of book burnings … but the only book burnings we’ve seen recently are copies of “Harry Potter.”

Another win for DeSantis. Sorry, CNN.

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