[ad_1] “While it has been claimed that the College Board was in frequent dialogue with Florida about the content of AP African American Studies, this is a false and politically motivated charge,” the College Board said in a lengthy statement. “Our exchanges with them are actually transactional email about theContinue Reading
[ad_1] “If Florida or any state chooses not to adopt this course, we would regret that decision, and we believe educators and students would as well,” officials with the College Board wrote in a response to Florida. The back-and-forth illustrates an attempt by both sides to claim victory in anContinue Reading
[ad_1] The nonprofit on Wednesday reiterated that no state nor district had seen the new framework before its unveiling and denied that any feedback from state officials was taken into consideration. At least two governors, DeSantis and Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, have sent letters to the College Board aboutContinue Reading
[ad_1] None of this comes as a surprise. DeSantis has built his political brand on eradicating “wokeness” in Florida’s public schools and universities. But is there something to his critique? POLITICO Magazine asked me to evaluate the curriculum on its merits. Several themes emerge. First, out of more than 100Continue Reading
[ad_1] The DeSantis administration made the decision earlier this month to bar high school students from taking the new course over concerns that the lessons run “contrary” to state law that restricts how race is taught in the classroom and that it “significantly lacks educational value.” DeSantis, who said theContinue Reading
[ad_1] “If the governor allows the College Board to present AP African American studies in classrooms across the state of Florida, then we will feel no need to file this historic lawsuit,” Crump told reporters at the Capitol. “However, if he rejects the free flow of ideas and suppresses AfricanContinue Reading
[ad_1] “When I heard it didn’t meet the standards, I figured, yeah, they may be doing CRT,” DeSantis told reporters at an event in Jacksonville. “It’s way more than that.” In Florida’s latest crackdown on how race is taught in schools, state education officials earlier this month rejected the AfricanContinue Reading
[ad_1] Florida’s education agency, in its decision, doesn’t spell out exactly which law the course is violating, but the state in 2022 passed the “Stop WOKE” act that regulates lessons on race and gender in the classroom. That legislation, FL HB 7 (22R), or the Individual Freedom Act, was passedContinue Reading