College Board Backtracks on Woke AP Curriculum After DeSantis Criticism

After Ron DeSantis (R.), Florida governor, criticized the college board’s new Advanced Placement course for its woke and inaccurate content, the College Board changed it.

Wednesday’s official curriculum release by the College Board for its new high school course on African-American Studies, which was stripped of controversial critical race theory, was released by the College Board. “queer experience,” And “Black feminism” DeSantis was criticized for ignoring the following subject matter earlier this month: New York Times reported. In a Jan. Letter The College Board was informed that the DeSantis administration had rejected the proposed curriculum. “inexplicably contrary to Florida law and significantly lacks educational value.”

“In the future, should College Board be willing to come back to the table with lawful, historically accurate content, [the Florida Department of Education] will always be willing to reopen the discussion,” The letter was stated.

The topic of Black Lives Matter was removed from the revised curriculum, as were other CRT sources. Times reports:

Many Black scholars and writers associated with Black feminism, critical race theory, and the queer experience were expelled by the College Board. It removed politically controversial topics, such as Black Lives Matter, entirely from the formal curriculum.

Then, it added another: “Black conservatism” This is an opportunity to propose an idea for a research study.

David Coleman, head of the College Board, said that the revisions were valid and for his benefit. “pedagogical reasons, not to bow to political pressure.”