Math textbooks thrown out by Florida for critical race theory, failure to meet standards

Palm Beach Post | By Holly Baltz | Updated April 19, 2022

Here is a list of the 54 math textbooks not approved by the state of Florida because they either didn’t meet the state’s B.E.S.T. standards backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and/or they referred to critical race theory or social emotional learning. The names of the publishers are in italics.

*Inclusion of critical race theory, social emotional learning and other special topics

K-5 Mathematics

Big Ideas Learning LLC

  • *Florida’s B.E.S.T. Standards for MATH Grade K
  • *Florida’s B.E.S.T. Standards for MATH Grade 1
  • Florida’s B.E.S.T. Standards for MATH Grade 2
  • Florida’s B.E.S.T. Standards for MATH Grade 3
  • *Florida’s B.E.S.T. Standards for MATH Grade 4
  • Florida’s B.E.S.T. Standards for MATH Grade 5

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

  • *HMH Florida B.E.S.T. Go Math!  (Kindergarten)
  • HMH Florida B.E.S.T. Go Math! (First Grade)
  • *HMH Florida B.E.S.T. Go Math! (Second Grade)
  • HMH Florida B.E.S.T. Go Math! (Third Grade)
  • HMH Florida B.E.S.T. Go Math! (Fourth Grade)
  • HMH Florida B.E.S.T. Go Math! (Fifth Grade)

McGraw Hill LLC

  • Florida Reveal Math, Grade K
  • *Florida Reveal Math, Grade 1
  • Florida Reveal Math, Grade 2
  • Florida Reveal Math, Grade 3
  • Florida Reveal Math, Grade 4
  • *Florida Reveal Math, Grade 5

Savvas Learning Company LLC (formerly known as Pearson K12 Learning LLC)

  • enVision Florida B.E.S.T. Mathematics Grade K
  • *enVision Florida B.E.S.T. Mathematics Grade 1
  • enVision Florida B.E.S.T. Mathematics Grade 2
  • enVision Florida B.E.S.T. Mathematics Grade 3
  • enVision Florida B.E.S.T. Mathematics Grade 4
  • enVision Florida B.E.S.T. Mathematics Grade 5

Grade 4 Accelerated Mathematics

  • *Accelerate Learning – STEMscopes Florida Math
  • *McGraw Hill LLC – Florida Reveal Math, Grade 4 Accelerated

Foundational Skills in Math 3-5

  • *Accelerate Learning – STEMscopes Florida Math

Grade 6 Accelerated

  • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – HMH Florida’s B.E.S.T. Into Math, Accelerated 6

Grade 7 Mathematics

  • EdGems Math LLC – Florida EdGems Math Course 2
  • Savvas Learning Company LLC – enVision Florida B.E.S.T. Mathematics Grade 7

Grade 7 Accelerated

  • Math Nation (a division of Study Edge) – Math Nation Florida’s B.E.S.T. 7th Grade Math

Grade 8 – Pre-Algebra

  • EdGems Math LLC – Florida EdGems Math Course 3
  • *McGraw Hill LLC – Florida Reveal Math Grade 8 Pre-Algebra

Foundational Skills in Mathematics 6-8

  • Carnegie Learning, Inc. dba EMC Publishing & Mondo Ed – Carnegie Learning FL Foundational Skills in Mathematics 6-8

9-12 Mathematics

Algebra I

  • Link Systems International – Sofia

Algebra 2

  • Big Ideas Learning, LLC – Florida’s BEST Standards for MATH Algebra 2 with CalcChat and CalcView
  • Link Systems International – Sofia

Algebra 2 Honors

  • *Math Nation – Math Nation Florida’s B.E.S.T. Algebra 2 Honors

Algebra 1-B

  • Agile Mind Educational Holdings, Inc. – Intensified Algebra (Vol 2), 2021 Edition

Mathematics for Data and Financial Literacy

  • *Savvas Learning Company LLC – Thinking Quantitatively Communicating with Numbers 

Foundational Skills in Mathematics 9-12

  • Carnegie Learning Inc. – Carnegie Learning FL Foundational Skills in Mathematics 9-12

Mathematics for College Algebra

  • *Savvas Learning Company LLC – Algebra and Trigonometry

Precalculus Honors

  • *Cengage Learning – Precalculus with Limits
  • *Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – Functions Modeling Change
  • *Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – Precalculus
  • *Savvas Learning Company LLC – Precalculus
  • *Savvas Learning Company LLC – Precalculus Enhanced with Graphing Utilities

Geometry

  • Link Systems International – Sofia
  • *Math Nation – Math Nation’s Florida’s BEST Geometry

Mathematics for College Statistics

  • *Savvas Learning Company LLC – Elementary Statistics Picturing the World
  • *Savvas Learning Company LLC – Stats in Your World

Probability and Statistics Honors

  • *Bedford, Freeman and Worth Publishing Group – Statistics and Probability with Applications
  • *Savvas Learning Company LLC – Stats Modeling Your World

Mathematics for College Liberal Arts

  • *Savvas Learning Company LLC – Thinking Mathematically
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