{"id":1995847,"date":"2023-08-09T18:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T22:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-schools-nixing-ap-psychology-course-amid-confusion\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T18:50:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T22:50:56","slug":"florida-schools-nixing-ap-psychology-course-amid-confusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-schools-nixing-ap-psychology-course-amid-confusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida schools are removing AP psychology course due to confusion."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fflorida-schools-nixing-ap-psychology-course-amid-confusion%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=1995847&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--><h2>Confusion \u200cover Florida Law\u200b Leads to Ban on AP Psychology Course<\/h2>\n<p>Recent \u2064confusion \u2063surrounding \u2063a Florida law has resulted in several \u2063schools in \u200dthe\u200b Sunshine State banning the Advanced Placement \u2063(AP) Psychology course. Despite the state&#8217;s education commissioner clarifying that the course can be taught, \u200cthe College Board, which\u2062 provides schools with AP\u200c courses, announced that Florida&#8217;s ban on classroom instruction regarding sexual orientation and gender identity effectively prohibited\u2064 the AP Psychology course in the state.<\/p>\n<p>This announcement sparked yet another public feud between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-corrupted-software-that-stole-6000-votes-from-trump-in-michigan-county-shut-down-for-two-hours-in-red-counties-in-georgia-on-election-day\/\" title=\"Update: Corrupted Software that Stole 6,000 Votes From Trump in Michigan County -- Shut Down for TWO HOURS in Red Counties in Georgia on Election Day\">state officials<\/a>,\u200c including\u200b Governor Ron DeSantis, and the \u200dcollege prep organization. The College Board stated, &#8220;To be clear, any \u2063AP Psychology \u200dcourse taught in\u2064 Florida \u200bwill \u2064violate either Florida\u200b law or college requirements. Therefore, we advise\u200b Florida districts not to offer AP Psychology until Florida reverses their decision and allows parents and students to\u2063 choose to take the full course.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Education Commissioner\u2063 Clarifies the Situation<\/h3>\n<p>However, Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz rejected \u200bthe College Board&#8217;s\u2064 claims and \u2063affirmed that the course can be taught \u2062in\u2063 a manner that is age and developmentally appropriate. Despite this clarification, the \u200bconfusion surrounding the \u200bcourse&#8217;s permissibility under Florida law has led several\u2062 school districts\u2062 in the state to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/consider-this-your-sign-to-start-homeschooling-your-kids\/\" title=\"Consider This Your Sign To Start Homeschooling Your Kids\">seek alternative options<\/a> for a college credit course in psychology.<\/p>\n<p>According to Axios, school districts such \u200cas Pinellas, \u2063Hillsborough, Pasco, Polk, Hernando, and \u2062Manatee counties have decided to switch to the Cambridge Advanced International Certificate of \u2062Education course\u200b in\u200c psychology due to the confusion. On the other hand, school districts \u200bin Sarasota, Palm \u2063Beach County, and Miami-Dade have chosen to continue offering the AP version \u2063of the \u2062course.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062Washington Post reported that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-schools-nixing-ap-psychology-course-amid-confusion\/\" title=\"Florida schools are removing AP psychology course due to confusion.\">school districts adopting\u2063 alternative courses\u2064 include<\/a> seven out\u2063 of \u200bthe\u2064 11 districts with the\u2063 highest enrollment in\u2064 the AP Psychology course in previous years. In the spring 2023 semester alone, approximately 28,000 Florida \u200dstudents took the course.<\/p>\n<h3>Continued Controversy with the\u200b College Board<\/h3>\n<p>This controversy surrounding the AP Psychology course is not the first time the College\u2062 Board has \u2063clashed with leaders\u2063 in \u2063Florida. The\u200c organization and state \u200deducation officials have\u2062 been engaged in an ongoing dispute over a piloted\u200b AP African American Studies course, which Florida \u2064officials \u200cclaimed violated state law and subsequently banned \u2063from high schools\u2064 in the\u2063 state.<\/p>\n<p>Later, the College Board released updated standards for the course, leading\u2064 to accusations \u200cof the organization caving\u200d to\u200c the \u200dstate&#8217;s\u200b demands. The College Board has since announced that they \u2064will be \u200crevisiting the course standards.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click \u2062here<\/a> to read\u2064 more from The \u200dWashington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida schools banned the AP Psychology course due to confusion over a state law. Despite the education commissioner&#8217;s clarification that the course is allowed, several schools opted to ban it. 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