New Victim of the Culture Wars: Multiplication Tables
Ya just never know what the hell Florida is going to do next.
The Florida Department of Education announced it has rejected dozens of math textbooks submitted by publishers for schools, saying they “contained prohibited topics” including critical race theory.
And, you know, adding and subtracting.
The fun part is that these are elementary school math books. Are some of the word problems being done with names not found in Shakespeare or the Bible?
Holy cow, wait until they find out that Arabic numerals are being taught, too. Here’s betting DeSantis will demand we start doing doing multiplication tables with Roman numerals.
State Rep. Carlos Smith (D) tweeted Saturday that DeSantis was “hysterically pulling math books outta FL schools claiming they ‘indoctrinate’ kids with CRT.”
- “This isn’t just crazy right-wing pandering— next they’ll spend MILLIONS of tax dollars forcing schools to buy math books from GOP campaign donors,” Smith added.
Oh yeah, check to see how many textbook sellers are donating to DeSantis.