Last month’s decision by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his administration to reject the College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) African American History course has garnered much conversation and rightfully elicited a blowback. The Florida Department of Education (FDOE) has claimed the material in the course lacks “educational value” is “historically fictional,” and is indoctrinating students […]
Over a year, the nonprofit dropped concepts favored by academics, held a frustrating meeting with Florida officials and left educators in doubt about the process.
<p>The College Board, seeking to explain significant changes to the course's curriculum, maintained its denial that it did not make the alterations under pressure from Florida officials who, it said, showed “ignorance and derision for the field of African American studies.”</p>
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Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently rejected the College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) African American History course for high school students, claiming that it violates the “Stop WOKE Act.” In a Jan. 12 letter sent by the Florida Department of Education, it was revealed that DeSantis’ administration blocked the course after reviewing a draft of […]