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Bar graph. another adding and poly nomials. it talks about racial prejudice and measuring bias. public school textbooks the latest battleground in a culture war waged by florida governor ron desantis. >> there is really outrageous things going on about what they're doing by basically using critical race theory to bring ideology and political activism to the forefront of education. >> reporter: florida's department of education says it is rejecting publishers attempts to indoctrinate students, the overwhelming majority of materials they deemed problematic were for students k through 5th grade, ...

Department of education, examples of what they find objectable. one of the images were sent to them by the public shows a bar graph measuring racial prejudice, another adding and subtracting polly gnome yals. it goes on to talk about racial prejudice and bias. public school textbooks just the latest battleground. >> it's really outrageous things going to on about what they're doing by basically using critical race theory to bring ideology and political activism as to the forefront of education. >> florida's department of education says it's rejecting publisher's atoemt document students. some ...

War waged by ron desantis. >> there's outrageous things going on by using critical race theory to bring ideology and political activism to the forefront of education. >> reporter: florida's department of education says it's rejecting publishers attempts to indoctrinate students. some did not meet state standards. others incorporated prohibited topics or unsolicited strategies. >> it's interesting to see this ever-expanding umbrella under this fear-mongering campaign that is using critical race

When Colorado’s revised social studies framework is presented to the state Board of Education on Tuesday, it will not include a proposed revision that would have allowed discussion about LGBTQ

Been -- they get to be the sole decider of whether kids go to school or not, rather than a -- an engaged community and parents getting their say. and -- and principals and teachers. if -- obviously, if there is a situation where a classroom or a school, it isn't safe for them to go, i don't think parents want them to go. but what the union has done in this case is they have unilaterally shut down the entire district. 340,000 kids can't go to school because they -- they have engaged in a strike that violates the law. >> i appreciate your time, jeffrey. and again, i will just make the point that...