To explain its puzzling rejection of dozens of textbooks, the state released 6,000 pages of comments, revealing an often confusing and divisive process. By Dana Goldstein and Stephanie Saul It was the ...

A new group billing itself as a “Consumer Reports for school materials” will soon begin posting free online reviews of major textbooks and curricula that purport to be aligned to the Common Core State ...

One math textbook was approved by the state after a review process showed pictures portrayed Blacks primarily as athletes. Another, under the same vetting process, was flagged because it put an ...

Florida’s state education agency rejected dozens of math textbooks this past spring because, officials contended, they contained common-core learning standards or violated a state law that prohibits ...

There is no shortage of popular books and lectures on math—but they can only teach us so much. Mathematics has long been presented as a sanctuary from confusion and doubt, a place to go in search of ...

When the Florida Department of Education announced it was rejecting 54 math textbooks, it pointed to a “thorough review” process that found more than half of those books included “prohibited topics,” ...

The nitty-gritty process of reviewing and approving school textbooks has typically been an administrative affair, drawing the attention of education experts, publishing executives and state ...

It was the equivalent of: “Show your work.” To help explain its puzzling rejection of dozens of math textbooks, the state of Florida released nearly 6,000 pages of reviewer comments this past week and ...

LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) – Florida schools, including in the Polk County School District, are now a battleground in the country’s culture wars. “I am concerned about our culture,” Paul Hatfield of Polk ...

Upcoming reviews of social studies and science books have the potential to get heated. Science textbooks will be up for adoption in Florida in two years, in time to be an issue in the 2024 election.

Last month, Florida’s Education Department accused publishers of trying to “indoctrinate” the state’s students through proposed math textbooks, alleging that they were sneaking in material, forbidden ...

Thousands of pages of math textbook reviews were released on Thursday by the Florida Department of Education. Florida announced on April 15 that it rejected 54 math textbooks, claiming many were ...