Florida Takes a Hard Stance on Social Studies Textbooks
Florida education officials have rejected dozens of social studies textbooks and approved 66 of 101 submissions after publishers made revisions requested by the state. Changes made by publishers included removing references to the killing of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement, changing a question mentioning "social justice issues" in the Hebrew Bible to refer to "key principles," and altering descriptions of socialism and communism. The rejected materials included books on U.S. history, the Holocaust, psychology, and more. This is not the first time the administration of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has intervened on matters of curriculum in K-12 education.
- Florida rejects some social studies textbooks and pushes publishers to change others NPR
- Florida rejects more than a third of social studies textbooks submitted for approval CBS Miami
- Florida Rejects Dozens of Social Studies Textbooks, and Forces Changes in Others The New York Times
- Florida rewords, reworks, or removes instructional material in social studies books WPEC
- Florida rejects social studies topics about communism, social justice The Washington Post
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