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tonight new details from the controversy around the ap african-american studies course. the college board across the country is making changes to the curriculum, which sparked criticism from florida governor ron desantis and other conservatives. the board was engaged in a very public dispute with desantis in the florida department of education which rejected a preliminary pilot version of the class saying it, quote, lacks educational value. the board released a statement yesterday pushing back saying they re committed to providing a, quote, inflinching encounter with the facts and evidence of african-american history and culture. pilot version of the course is currently being offered in dozens of high schools across the country. and the board says it will expand to 800 schools and 16,000 students in the next school year. cnn s ed lavandera went to a school in tulsa, oklahoma, to see what is actually being taught. here is his report. we need paper. we need our pencils.

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