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April 19, 2022

Florida Educators Ban 54 Math Textbooks ver "Critical Race Theory" and Other Prohibited Topics
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Florida's Department of Education has banned 54 mathematics textbooks
from classroom instruction, saying they feature prohibited topics,
including critical race theory. That's more than 40% of all textbooks
submitted to Florida for review. Republican Governor Ron De Santis
praised the move, accusing publishers of seeking to indoctrinate
students. In response, the head of Florida's largest teachers' union
demanded transparency into who ordered the book bans and for examples of
"objectionable" content.

A report published recently by PEN America found that in the past eight
months alone 86 school districts in 26 states banned more than 1,100
titles in classrooms and libraries. Books about Black and LGBTQ+ people
were heavily targeted, and the most banned book of the year was "Gender
Queer: A Memoir," by Maia Kobabe, who is a nonbinary author and
illustrator. 


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