LEE COUNTY, Fla. – An anonymous Florida teacher told Day Break with Drew Steele educators were told not to teach about the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks because the material wouldn’t appear on a standardized test.

According to WINK:

The unidentified teacher said, “We were not permitted to teach anything about 9-11 because those particular things do not relate to the end of the year testing.”

Baffled Steele replied, “I cannot believe this! The principal specifically told you not to talk about this? How are the kids going to learn about 9-11 thanks to the core…”

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Steele is referring to Common Core, a frequent topic on his show broadcast on Fox 92.5 in Lee County.

One of the biggest concerns about the initiative pushed by the Obama administration is that the national standards and accompanying tests will indirectly dictate what is taught in the classroom.

And given that many teachers will be held accountable for the test score, it’s all the more likely they will not deviate from the test-related material.

Last year, NPR explained how the initiative was restrictive:

Teachers complain that they can only spend classroom time on items which will appear on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. In addition, another complaint is that class time is used to teach kids how to take a test rather than imparting more important knowledge.

“I was outraged. I was shocked,” Lee County school board member Don Armstrong told the news station after hearing Steele’s program.

“It was personal, I lost a friend there.”

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Ninth-grade student Danny Esposito backed up what the teacher said.

“At that moment, I thought I would make a motion on the anniversary of 9-11 issue. It’s simple. We would instruct all teachers to have age appropriate instruction time of 9-11,” Armstrong tells WINK.