{"id":1831813,"date":"2023-02-01T14:34:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T19:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1831813"},"modified":"2023-02-01T14:40:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T19:40:46","slug":"revised-version-of-ap-african-american-studies-course-tones-down-wokeness-desantis-admin-reviewing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/revised-version-of-ap-african-american-studies-course-tones-down-wokeness-desantis-admin-reviewing\/","title":{"rendered":"Revised Version Of AP African American Studies Course Tones Down Wokeness. DeSantis Admin Reviewing."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frevised-version-of-ap-african-american-studies-course-tones-down-wokeness-desantis-admin-reviewing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1831813&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a> The Department of Education is currently examining revised AP African American Studies course structure released by College Board following Gov. <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/ron-desantis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> (R-FL), warned that the previous version of this material was used as a front to extreme left-wing ideology.<\/p>\n<p>Students would have to learn about \u201cBlack Queer Studies,\u201d \u201cIntersectionality and Activism,\u201d \u201cBlack Feminist Literary Thought,\u201d  \u201cThe Reparations Movement,\u201d as well as read the works of critical race theorist Kimberl\u00e9 Crenshaw and self-avowed communist Angela Davis under a former version of the course, according to a list of concerns provided to The Daily Wire by the Florida Department of Education. The <a href=\"https:\/\/apcentral.collegeboard.org\/media\/pdf\/ap-african-american-studies-course-framework.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Framework<\/a> Although the module that were problematic have been removed in the new version, the section for student projects encourages students explore controversial topics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis course is an unflinching encounter with the facts and evidence of African American history and culture,\u201d David Coleman, CEO College Board, stated in an interview <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.collegeboard.org\/advanced-placement-program-releases-official-ap-african-american-studies-framework\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Press release<\/a>. \u201cNo one is excluded from this course: the Black artists and inventors whose achievements have come to light; the Black women and men, including gay Americans, who played pivotal roles in the civil rights movement; and people of faith from all backgrounds who contributed to the antislavery and civil rights causes. Everyone is seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The College Board lists sample topics for projects. It is an education non-profit that manages the national AP program which allows high school students to enroll in university-level classes. \u201creparations debates,\u201d \u201caffirmative action,\u201d \u201cgay life and expression in Black communities,\u201d \u201cintersectionality and the dimensions of Black experiences,\u201d And the \u201corigins, impacts, and critics\u201d Black Lives Matter movement. This framework clarified the following topics \u201care not a required part of the course framework that is formally adopted by states and that defines the exam,\u201d Addition that districts and states can \u201crefine\u201d The topics that are available for selection.<\/p>\n<p>Bryan Griffin, DeSantis&#8217; Press Secretary, told The Daily Wire officials at the Florida Department of Education have already mandated traditional black history in public school classrooms. \u201ccurrently reviewing the newly released AP African American Studies framework for corrections and compliance with Florida law.\u201d The agency has previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/contrary-to-florida-law-desantis-rejects-high-school-course-emerging-nationwide-over-wokeness-concerns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Be informed<\/a> College Board said that the content was \u201cinexplicably contrary to Florida law and significantly lacks educational value,\u201d The state will reconsider its course if the organization makes the material, he said. \u201clawful\u201d  \u201chistorically accurate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of teaching African American studies claim that the courses promote holistic thinking about American history. Skeptics, however, argue that such courses can be used as a way to research left-wing grievances. DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/theyre-advocating-for-things-like-abolishing-prisons-desantis-discusses-why-he-banned-african-american-studies-course\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Not noted<\/a> The previous version of the AP African American Studies Curriculum included radical policies like prison abolition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re advocating things like abolishing prisons. Now that\u2019s a radical political position,\u201d He spoke to reporters last month. \u201cYou\u2019re free to take that in your own life, I don\u2019t think very many people think that would actually work, but how is that being taught as fact?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis stated that black history is not inherently different from the national history. \u201cThat\u2019s what our standards for black history are: it\u2019s just cut-and-dry history. You learn all the basics; you learn about the great figures,\u201d He made the comment. \u201cI view it as American history. I don\u2019t view it as separate history.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Florida Department of Education is currently examining the revised AP African American Studies course framework released by the College Board after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) warned that a previous version of the material served as a front for extreme left-wing ideology. Students would have been required to learn about \u201cBlack Queer Studies,\u201d \u201cIntersectionality and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":1831816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[4496,7975,4123,4980,17289,11311,4039,17290,7501,6227],"class_list":["post-1831813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-admin","tag-african","tag-american","tag-desantis","tag-reviewing","tag-revised","tag-studies","tag-tones","tag-version","tag-wokeness"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1831813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1831816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1831813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1831813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1831813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}