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The Florida bill would give the governor more power, and ban gender studies
The College Board has released a statement after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ordered a review of the new African American studies course at New College of Florida, a public liberal arts college in the state. The board said it should have more quickly addressed claims by Florida’s Department of Education that the course was indoctrinating…
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Ron wanted to Erase Black History
A group of students from a public college in Florida, US have asked the state’s Board of Governors to “reconsider censoring” its curriculum and the education of young people. This comes after the board denied approval for a new Advanced Placement course on African American Studies. “We urge the College Board to reconsider censoring its…
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Ron doesn’t want to erase black history
The College Board, the national education organisation that oversees AP courses, has said that all Florida high schools are expected to have a new AP African American Studies course next school year. This comes after the college board was banned by the Florida Department of Education over claims that the course was indoctrinating students and…
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The framework for African American studies is released by the College Board.
The Florida Department of Education said it wouldn’t accept an AP African American Studies course as it was “inexplicably” contrary to the state’s law. The College Board said it consulted more than 300 professors during the development of the course framework, who included faculty from dozens of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The course…
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The course at the Southern high school empowering students about race is something that’s been taking place elsewhere in the US.
The AP African American Studies course in the US is not a standard-issue history course, a 17-year-old student said. “It’s awesome that Ridge View is a majority-Black school…gets to help create this course,” she added. The pilot course, which was launched in December, was criticised for being “racist” and “politically divisive”. It will eventually be…