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Don't know why you're being downvoted as the role of educational companies seems to be pretty large in the standardization and homogenization of schools and cur

Don't know why you're being downvoted as the role of educational companies seems to be pretty large in the standardization and homogenization of schools and curriculums. Compared to the large publishers most school districts are pretty small fish- they don't have time to ensure compliance with all the regulations and standards, so their only choice is to buy a curriculum from a publisher. And of course buying a curriculum is not a one time expense- it's all licensed/subscription based and basically a direct pipeline from local taxpayers' pockets to large corporate publishers.

indymike 4y ago
This is exactly the situation. The censorship part of the story is a Trojan Horse for a terribly one-sided deal, in favor of the publisher, for every school district in Florida.
ldh0011 4y ago
On the subject of political graft and schools, my Florida high school purchased *every single student* a pair of cheap earbuds for a *single* audio question on a standardized test everyone in the school had to take. Probably in 2015 or 2016. Pretty sure some politician was friends with or related to someone who stood to make money off those earbuds... edit: everyone in my grade at least