Florida initially rejected 81 percent of new K-12 social studies instructional materials, the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced. It wound up rejecting 35 percent, including a reference to “take a knee” and a passage about the Hebrew Bible.
Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. released the approved list of materials that are aligned to state social studies curriculum standards for every grade. A statement from the Education Department said that 66 of the 101 submitted materials have been approved to date but that initially only 19 made the cut. The department said it had spent the past month working with publishers to change what it called “inaccurate material, errors and other information that was not aligned with Florida law.
submitted by publishers in part because they “contained prohibited subjects,” including critical race theory.In a statement, Diaz said that material used in the classroom should “focus on historical facts and are free from inaccuracies or ideological rhetoric.” Critics say the DeSantis administration is trying to suppress difficult truths about America’s past and present.
Removing a passage about the Hebrew Bible that listed “What social justices issues are included in the Hebrew Bible,” and replacing the words “social justices issues” with the words “some of the key principles.”
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