Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Baby, scratch my back: Florida GOP governor Ron DeSantis math textbook ban is good thing for Virginia GOP governor Glenn Youngkin's bottom line

 

Headline:  Truthout, 4/25/2022
Earlier this month, DeSantis rejected more than 50 mathematics titles for use in K-12 public schools in Florida, claiming that the books contained critical race theory, Common Core teaching concepts, and other materials he deemed inappropriate for children. But officials wouldn’t provide examples of how the content had violated state standards. 
In spite of not being forthright on why these decisions were made, the state agency overseeing the rejection of the textbooks declared that their process was a “transparent” one. Upon further investigation from news media, however, it became clear that certain individuals will financially benefit from DeSantis’s rejection of textbooks — including Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia, another Republican lawmaker who has pushed an anti-critical race theory agenda. 
The only textbooks that the DeSantis administration approved for K-5 classrooms throughout the state were from a company called Accelerate Learning, The Tallahassee Democrat reported last week. That company, the progressive organization Blue Virginia has pointed out, was acquired by The Carlyle Group, a private equity company which Youngkin was the CEO of at the time of the acquisition. [emphasis added] 
 
Slim Harpo's "Baby Scratch My Back" debuted at #90 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending January 29, 1966.  It spent 13 weeks on the chart, peaking at #16 for 2 weeks in March.

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