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An alternative headline might have been "Florida prefers math books that teach math." Factual. But provactive in some way, isn't it? That's the point. NPR s
by RickJWagner 5y ago
An alternative headline might have been "Florida prefers math books that teach math."
Factual. But provactive in some way, isn't it? That's the point. NPR should play the middle line, after all it's tax money.
- stillbourne 5y agoOh sure, maybe. If they bothered to release the list of titles and the isbn for each book that was banned perhaps we could reach such a conclusion. But since no such list exists and no citation examples are provided. Seems pretty easy to dismiss the actions taken by the Florida Department of Education as strictly political. What do they have to hide? I want to see what they consider to be prohibited topics for a mathematics curriculum.
- timintheglades 5y agoHere you go. I think that RickJWagner's point is why not wait. Why jump to conclusions and post inflammatory headlines as a default... because NPR is a leftist political entity now. https://dailycaller.com/2022/04/21/desantis-examples-critical-race-theory-textbooks/ https://dailycaller.com/2022/04/21/desantis-examples-critica...
- stillbourne 5y agoOk, I'm looking at the examples. What's wrong with them? What am I too stupid to understand?
- the_only_law 5y agohttps://twitter.com/ChristinaPushaw/status/1515504832550944769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1515504832550944769%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2022%2F04%2F21%2Fdesantis-examples-critical-race-theory-textbooks%2F https://twitter.com/ChristinaPushaw/status/15155048325509447... Oh man the second one is at least a little funny. I can certainly say seeing that may have kept a horrifically bored 6th grade me a little more engaged on that paper. The one about the sexual abuse is too extreme though and def shouldn’t be a casual subject for word problems.
- stillbourne 5y agoYeah? How's this for an alternative headline! "Florida attempts to disguise grift as criticism of instructional materials as republican CRT witch hunt continues unabated." Looks like the only publisher allowed for math text books happens to be the one run by Glenn Youngkin. Factual, unprovocative, and more likely to piss you off. Why play the middle line when we can just air the dirty laundry for everyone to smell.