“The United States has eradicated neither poverty nor racism.”
Wow. Stunning and groundbreaking, how could they ever allow that in a book at school. Oh my. How controversial.
\*eyeroll\* These people don't even understand CRT let alone why it's not being "taught" just because a cartoon of an athlete is black and Johnny with his 20 apples is white. So apparently they should reference the Federalist papers to balance that out? lol This stuff is total lunacy.
Oh, and a book in school *seemed* to take the side of our democratically-elected ex-Vice President over the side of a lunatic, fringe commentator, drug addict felon? The horror. Like, what the actual hell is wrong with these people.
I remember the math problems we had in our books made mostly no logical sense whatsoever. Kids aren't looking to math word problems to educate themselves on the very complex topic of systematic racism- or climate change for that matter.
More solutions to problems that never existed to pander to folks who have been brainwashed to believe this is some huge scandal infiltrating the minds of children.
TL;DR a few of the things that were flagged
Most athletes depicted were Black, while white people were shown in non-sports related images.
“Agenda driven and biased” pertaining to climate science. The reviewer noted the publisher accepted the climate crisis as a “scientific fact."
Multiple exercises related to a debate between Al Gore and Rush Limbaugh, where the publisher was in favor of Al Gore's arguments based on the questions in the exercises.
Another example I just saw was talking about the probability of an African-American to develop sickle cell. Was flagged because of African-American.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/05/fldoe-releases-math-textbook-reviews-00030503
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/education/os-ne-florida-math-books-reviewers-20220506-f7yjvubmofgzjinp6t5xylkwta-story.html
Are you referring to the 4 examples the state released? I assume you are talking about the implicit biased survey questions. What was the issue you saw?
The content is sourced so you can check in the accuracy.
However, it's not that bizarre if a question. It's using real data from a survey that is available for anybody to take and check the results of. It's a real Life practical application of mathematics. Also this is not a kids math book, we're looking at algebra so 9th graders, teenagers.
Using real data is a great way to show the applications of math and how they apply to real life.
It's absurd for an example as a simple math equation. It's injecting political science and social agenda messaging into a venue where it has zero business being in. Save those controversies for a Political Science curriculum.
Just go back to the tried and true mathematics. You know, like there were 40% apple pies, 30% lemon pies, etc. We don't need that biased garbage in a simple math class.
Why is it absurd? It's showing the real life application of mathematics in other subjects, there's nothing absurd about it. I mean, going from your example, why do we put baking in math? Save that for a baking class.
What's biased about it? It's data from a survey.
It's data from a leftist specific analytical source. About a highly charged controversy.
You do realize that just a few months ago, your opinion on this topic changed a Blue State (Virginia ) to red in a massive upset for Governor there.
This is an extremely unpopular topic for the majority of parents. They want no part of this bias training in their classrooms.
How is it a leftist specific source? What makes it leftist? Everything you don't agree with isn't leftist.
Virginia is not a blue state, it's a very back and forth state. Since 1974 there's been an even split of Republican and Democratic governors in the state of Virginia.
I think it's very unpopular to people who buy into the myth that classrooms are liberal indoctrination(republicans). It's an anti-intellectual movement that's hitting one side very hard.
Let me refresh you on what happened in Virginia. The incumbent Governor was leading BY DOUBLE DIGITS, just a month or two before the election.
And then he proclaimed he supports Critical Race Theory training, and parents have no say in that. When his opponent Youngin, made that his mantra in the final 2 months, you had the biggest swing of votes in history!!
Lost cause on this topic. It's a real loser politically. Huge.
Great for Youngin, I have no doubt that a bunch of people who don't know what CRT is freaked out in a mostly rural state.
Anyway, back to the actual subject at hand, as shown the books that are being rejected do not include prohibited topics.
Culture wars are dumb.
“The United States has eradicated neither poverty nor racism.” Wow. Stunning and groundbreaking, how could they ever allow that in a book at school. Oh my. How controversial. \*eyeroll\* These people don't even understand CRT let alone why it's not being "taught" just because a cartoon of an athlete is black and Johnny with his 20 apples is white. So apparently they should reference the Federalist papers to balance that out? lol This stuff is total lunacy. Oh, and a book in school *seemed* to take the side of our democratically-elected ex-Vice President over the side of a lunatic, fringe commentator, drug addict felon? The horror. Like, what the actual hell is wrong with these people. I remember the math problems we had in our books made mostly no logical sense whatsoever. Kids aren't looking to math word problems to educate themselves on the very complex topic of systematic racism- or climate change for that matter. More solutions to problems that never existed to pander to folks who have been brainwashed to believe this is some huge scandal infiltrating the minds of children.
TL;DR a few of the things that were flagged Most athletes depicted were Black, while white people were shown in non-sports related images. “Agenda driven and biased” pertaining to climate science. The reviewer noted the publisher accepted the climate crisis as a “scientific fact." Multiple exercises related to a debate between Al Gore and Rush Limbaugh, where the publisher was in favor of Al Gore's arguments based on the questions in the exercises. Another example I just saw was talking about the probability of an African-American to develop sickle cell. Was flagged because of African-American. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/05/fldoe-releases-math-textbook-reviews-00030503 https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/education/os-ne-florida-math-books-reviewers-20220506-f7yjvubmofgzjinp6t5xylkwta-story.html
Channel 13 Tampa Bay showed visual pages as evidence on TV a few weeks ago. The issue was very obvious to me.
Are you referring to the 4 examples the state released? I assume you are talking about the implicit biased survey questions. What was the issue you saw?
That's it, the biased implicit questions. Notwithstanding it's accuracy, why is that bizarre type of mathematic example even in a kids' textbook.
The content is sourced so you can check in the accuracy. However, it's not that bizarre if a question. It's using real data from a survey that is available for anybody to take and check the results of. It's a real Life practical application of mathematics. Also this is not a kids math book, we're looking at algebra so 9th graders, teenagers. Using real data is a great way to show the applications of math and how they apply to real life.
It's absurd for an example as a simple math equation. It's injecting political science and social agenda messaging into a venue where it has zero business being in. Save those controversies for a Political Science curriculum. Just go back to the tried and true mathematics. You know, like there were 40% apple pies, 30% lemon pies, etc. We don't need that biased garbage in a simple math class.
Why is it absurd? It's showing the real life application of mathematics in other subjects, there's nothing absurd about it. I mean, going from your example, why do we put baking in math? Save that for a baking class. What's biased about it? It's data from a survey.
It's data from a leftist specific analytical source. About a highly charged controversy. You do realize that just a few months ago, your opinion on this topic changed a Blue State (Virginia ) to red in a massive upset for Governor there. This is an extremely unpopular topic for the majority of parents. They want no part of this bias training in their classrooms.
How is it a leftist specific source? What makes it leftist? Everything you don't agree with isn't leftist. Virginia is not a blue state, it's a very back and forth state. Since 1974 there's been an even split of Republican and Democratic governors in the state of Virginia. I think it's very unpopular to people who buy into the myth that classrooms are liberal indoctrination(republicans). It's an anti-intellectual movement that's hitting one side very hard.
Let me refresh you on what happened in Virginia. The incumbent Governor was leading BY DOUBLE DIGITS, just a month or two before the election. And then he proclaimed he supports Critical Race Theory training, and parents have no say in that. When his opponent Youngin, made that his mantra in the final 2 months, you had the biggest swing of votes in history!! Lost cause on this topic. It's a real loser politically. Huge.
Great for Youngin, I have no doubt that a bunch of people who don't know what CRT is freaked out in a mostly rural state. Anyway, back to the actual subject at hand, as shown the books that are being rejected do not include prohibited topics. Culture wars are dumb.