This revision comes just weeks after Florida Governor Ron DeSantisprohibitedthe course in Florida public schools. The pilot AP African American Studies curriculum was met with harsh criticism from DeSantis and other conservatives. Alettersent from the Florida Department of Education to the College...
On the first day of Black History Month, the College Board introduced theofficial curriculumfor its new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies. The course was first announced last August but David Coleman, the head of the College Board, said that the board decided on the ...
But the official curriculum for the course, released after DeSantis' administration rejected it, downplayed some components that had drawn objections from the governor and other conservatives. The College Board faced an onslaught of criticism from activists and African American scholars outraged at the ...
The official curriculum for a new Advanced Placement course on African American studies released Wednesday downplays some components that had drawn criticism from conservatives including Florida Gov.
leading scholars of African American studies, including Henry Louis Gates, the renowned professor of the humanities at Harvard University, who was quoted as saying that the curriculum “provides students with a firm foundation of facts and evidence about this extraordinarily rich saga of American ...
A rally is planned this week for people who want to speak out against Florida's decision to reject an AP African American studies course. Monday, Gov. Ron DeSantis gave examples of the lessons that didn't meet state standards. The College Board has not said what revisions will ...
The new course, which the schools are testing in a pilot program, is a significant step toward legitimizing African American studies in the public eye, says historianHenry Louis Gates Jr., who helped create the curriculum. “Nothing is more dramatic than having the College Board launch ...
The College Board is coming out swinging against the DeSantis Administration and the Department of Education over the future of its AP African American studies course.
The College Board says it's revamping the new AP African American studies course again, following criticism that the agency bowed to political pressure and removed several topics from the framework, including the Black Lives Matter and slavery reparation
For AP Psychology, however, the College Board said in a June statement that it would not modify its curriculum. “We have learned from our mistakes in the recent rollout of AP African American Studies and know that we must be clear from the outset where we stand,” the statement reads. ...