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