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WINK NEWS How Floridians are voting on Consitutional right to abortions As Election Day ramps up, WINK News is monitoring the results of the most controversial amendments on the ballot, including Florida’s Amendment 4.
Collier County commission race As the 2024 general election gets underway, WINK News is monitoring the election results in several local races, including the Collier County Commission race.
Cape Coral 5 seats in Cape Coral City Council to eb decided on Election Day The Cape Coral City Council election will be decided on Tuesday. Five seats are up for grabs.
FORT MYERS Fort Myers City Council race for 2 wards The 2024 elections are looking to be a tense battle that will have every American on the edge of their seats. In Southwest Florida, the feeling is no different.
Lee County Superintendent election; School Board District 7 Voters in Lee County are going to the polls to fill some crucial seats in the school district.
PUNTA GORDA The race for Punta Gorda City Council November 5 is election day, as politicians across the country compete for office, with Southwest Florida being no different.
Lee County commission race for districts 3 and 5 The 2024 elections include several local Southwest Florida races, among them are races for two districts on the Lee County Board of County Commissioners.
Election Day crowds expected despite record early voting Election Day is nearly upon us. At 7 p.m. on Tuesday, the polls will be closed, and our team will bring you the results.
DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS Voters in Downtown Fort Myers ready for 2024 Election A lot can change in four years. During the 2020 election, many voters masked up as they cast their ballots, and the pandemic was at the top of many voters’ minds.
PUNTA GORDA Punta Gorda residents frustrated by hurricane debris delays Many people in parts of southwest Florida feel like they’ve dealt with more than their fair share of storm damage lately.
Miracle Moment: A rosy outlook following surprise diagnosis It’s time for Miracle Moment. Today, we meet a toddler diagnosed with a disease without known prevention or cure.
Poll workers ready for Election Day rush in Collier County Poll workers gear up for a busy Tuesday in Collier County; some have been there for a while, and this year marks their first time working at a polling place for others.
CAPE CORAL Voters decide: Will Cape Coral City Council members stay or go? Stipends, Jaycee Park and new developments have been topics of concern in the City of Cape Coral for months now.
MATLACHA Lee County residents still dealing with damage from hurricanes Hurricane recovery has been an ongoing project here in Southwest Florida since Hurricane Ian.
FGCU Former FGCU golfer Frankie Capan III makes PGA Tour After playing two seasons on the Korn Ferry Tour, former FGCU golfer Frankie Capan III is moving up to the PGA Tour.
More than 50 math textbooks were rejected by the state of Florida’s Department of Education. It’s the longest list of rejected math textbooks in state history. The Florida Department of Education decided the material in the books does not meet its standards. On Thursday, the department shared a few examples of the offending texts on its website. “You do have things like social and emotional learning and some of the other things that are more political in there,” DeSantis said during a recent news conference. WINK News was able to find two of the textbooks rejected by the state. The Department of Education said its responsibility is to ensure textbooks do not include unsolicited strategies. Kevin Daly, the president of the Lee County Teacher’s Association, said he wants to see what those strategies are. “I believe in transparency. And so, you know, it’d be great if they could tell me, you know, in this book, this is specifically what the problem is in that book. This is specifically what the problem is,” Daly said. First Grade Florida Reveal Math, published by McGraw Hill Publishing, is one of the books singled out by the education department. Nearly every page includes a small section that says “Math is mindset” and asks a question relating to one’s feelings like, “how can you act with your classmates to create a safe classroom culture?” or “what helps you feel calm when you are angry?” “It’s not about how you feel about the problem or to introduce some of these other things, it’s, there’s a right answer and there’s a wrong answer. And we want all our students getting the right answers,” DeSantis said. In the book “Thinking Quantitatively: Communicating with Numbers,” statements discuss cultural norms and the belief that men are better than women in math. It also includes an example that discusses the probability of a Black person being killed by a gunshot in the U.S. “the light of transparency, I think really kind of clears up any confusion here or any doubt,” Daly said. “I think as long as there’s some, some perception of it not being a transparent process. That’s what leads people’s minds to kind of wander in different directions.” The list of rejected books is: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: 1. Florida’s B.E.S.T. Standards for MATH Grade K, Big Ideas Learning, LLC 2. HMH Florida’s B.E.S.T. Go Math! (Kindergarten), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 3. Florida Reveal Math, Grade K, McGraw Hill LLC 4. enVision Florida B.E.S.T. Mathematics Grade K, Savvas Learning Company LLC 5. Florida’s B.E.S.T. Standards for MATH Grade 1, Big Ideas Learning, LLC 6. HMH Florida’s B.E.S.T. Go Math! (First grade), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 7. Florida Reveal Math, Grade 1, McGraw Hill LLC 8. enVision Florida B.E.S.T. Mathematics Grade 1, Savvas Learning Company 9. Florida’s B.E.S.T. Standards for MATH Grade 2, Big Ideas Learning, LLC 10. HMH Florida’s B.E.S.T. Go Math! (Second Grade), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 11. Florida Reveal Math, Grade 2, McGraw Hill LLC 12. enVision Florida B.E.S.T. Mathematics Grade 2, Savvas Learning Company LLC 13. Florida’s B.E.S.T. Standards for MATH Grade 3, Big Ideas Learning, LLC 14. HMH Florida’s B.E.S.T. Go Math! (Third Grade), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 15. Florida Reveal Math, Grade 3, McGraw Hill LLC 16. enVision Florida B.E.S.T. Mathematics Grade 3, Savvas Learning Company LLC 17. Florida’s B.E.S.T. Standards for MATH Grade 4, Big Ideas Learning, LLC 18. HMH Florida’s B.E.S.T. Go Math! (Fourth Grade), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 19. Florida Reveal Math, Grade 4, McGraw Hill LLC 20. enVision Florida B.E.S.T. Mathematics Grade 4, Savvas Learning Company LLC 21. Florida’s B.E.S.T. Standards for MATH Grade 5, Big Ideas Learning, LLC 22. HMH Florida’s B.E.S.T. Go Math! (Fifth Grade), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 23. Florida Reveal Math, Grade 5, McGraw Hill LLC 24. enVision Florida B.E.S.T. Mathematics Grade 5, Savvas Learning Company LLC 25. STEMscopes Florida Math Grade 4 Accelerated, Accelerate Learning 26. Florida Reveal Math, Grade 4 Accelerated, McGraw Hill LLC 27. STEMscopes Florida Math Foundational Grades 3-5, Accelerate Learning MIDDLE SCHOOL: 1. HMH Florida’s B.E.S.T. Into Math Accelerated 6, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2. Florida EdGems Math Course 2, EdGems Math LLC 3. enVision Florida B.E.S.T. Mathematics Grade 7, Savvas Learning Company LLC 4. Math Nation: Florida’s B.E.S.T. 7th Grade Accelerated Math, Math Nation (a division of Study Edge) 5. Florida EdGems Math Course 3, EdGems Math LLC 6. Florida Reveal Math, Grade 8 Pre-Algebra, McGraw Hill LLC 7. Carnegie Learning FL Foundational Skills in Mathematics 6-8 Digital Student License, Carnegie Learning, Inc. dba EMC & Mondo Ed HIGH SCHOOL 1. Sofia (Alegbra I), Link-Systems International, Inc. 2. Florida B.E.S.T Standards for MATH Algebra 2 with CalcChat and CalcView, Big Ideas Learning, LLC 3. Sofia (Algebra 2), Link-Systems International, Inc. 4. Math Nation: Florida’s B.E.S.T. Algebra 2 Honors, Math Nation (a division of Study Edge) 5. Intensified Algebra I (Vol 2), Agile Mind Educational Holdings, Inc. 6. Thinking Quantitatively: Communicating with Numbers, Savvas Learning Company LLC 7. Carnegie Learning FL Foundational Skills in Mathematics 9-12 Digital Student License, Carnegie Learning, Inc. dba EMC Publishing & Mondo Ed 8. Algebra and Trigonometry, Savvas Learning Company LLC 9. Precalculus with Limits: A Graphing Approach, Cengage Learning 10. Functions Modeling Change, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 11. Precalculus, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 12. Precalculus: Savvas Learning Company LLC 13. Precalculus: Enhanced with Graphing Utilities, Savvas Learning Company LLC 14. Sofia (Geometry), Link-Systems International, Inc. 15. Math Nation: Florida’s B.E.S.T. Geometry, Math Nation (a division of Study Edge) 16. Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World, Savvas Learning Company 17. Stats In Your World, Savvas Learning Company LLC 18. Statistics and Probability with Applications, Bedford, Freeman and Worth Publishing Group 19. Stats: Modeling your World, Savvas Learning Company LLC 20. Thinking Mathematically, Savvas Learning Company