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Florida’s education department releases examples from math textbooks it says contained critical race theory
Read full article: Florida’s education department releases examples from math textbooks it says contained critical race theoryAfter math textbooks were recently rejected by the Florida Department of Education because it said they contain “prohibited topics” like critical race theory, the department has released examples of what was in those books.
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Florida’s largest teachers union calls for COVID-19 transparency, funding continuity
Read full article: Florida’s largest teachers union calls for COVID-19 transparency, funding continuityJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Florida Education Association sent a letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday, pleading with the Republican leader to hold school districts' funding steady, despite many of them experiencing lower-than-expected enrollment. The union also demanded DeSantis promise that elementary and secondary schools will not see a decrease in state funds. The FEA’s president issued third demand during Friday’s press conference the data be published, as well as the details of how that reporting mechanism operates. News4Jax also contacted the commissioner of education for a comment on the FEA’s demands and his office issued a statement: