The state rejected more than 50 math textbooks — about 40% of those submitted.
Despite the state’s disapproval, under Florida law individual districts can still buy the texts if at least half their book spending is on approved material.
“What Florida politicians are trying to do now is ignore the judgement of professionals and impose their own political views on every parent and child in Florida,” he said. Critical race theory centers on the idea that racism is systemic in U.S. institutions and that they function to maintain the dominance of white people in society. There is little to no evidence that critical race theory is being taught to K-12 public school students, though some ideas central to it, such as lingering consequences of slavery, have been.
The rejected textbook does not ask the students to take the Implicit Bias Test, but the surveys are readily found online. In the race test, participants are shown a series of photos of white and Black faces mixed with positive and negative words such as “glad” or “sadness.” In one round, participants are asked to press as quickly as possible the same letter when presented with a white face or a positive word and another letter when presented with a Black face or a negative word.
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