{"id":2001459,"date":"2023-08-15T15:45:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T19:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arkansas-stops-offering-high-school-credit-for-ap-african-american-studies\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T15:47:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T19:47:21","slug":"arkansas-stops-offering-high-school-credit-for-ap-african-american-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arkansas-stops-offering-high-school-credit-for-ap-african-american-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Arkansas no longer grants high school credit for AP African American Studies."},"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\">24<\/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%2Farkansas-stops-offering-high-school-credit-for-ap-african-american-studies%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=2001459&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--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>The College Board&#8217;s AP African American \u200dStudies Course Removed\u200d from Arkansas High \u200cSchools<\/h2>\n<p>The \u200cCollege Board&#8217;s pilot \u2063Advanced Placement (AP) course on\u2063 African American studies won&#8217;t be offered for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-education-sec-on-womens-school-sports-we-have-a-legal-responsibility-to-include-transgender-athletes\/\" title=\"Biden Education Sec On Women\u2019s School Sports: We Have a \u2018Legal Responsibility\u2019 to Include Transgender Athletes\">high school students<\/a> in Arkansas, the state&#8217;s \u2064education department has confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062decision to\u2062 remove the course from the \u2064state&#8217;s roster of \u2064offerings was shared with high school teachers\u2064 on Aug. 11, the Friday just before the start of the \u20622023\u201324 school year, the\u2063 Arkansas Times <a href=\"https:\/\/arktimes.com\/arkansas-blog\/2023\/08\/12\/arkansas-education-department-nixes-ap-african-american-studies-course-at-last-minute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The move means that \u2063AP African American studies will\u2062 no longer \u2064count for credit \u200ctoward high school\u2062 graduation. It \u2063also means\u2064 the state will no longer\u2063 cover the $90 testing cost for students who complete the course\u2063 through teachers who\u200d insist to teach \u200bit.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/opinion\/unnecessary-outrage-stirred-by-floridas-african-american-history-curriculum-5428605\">Unnecessary\u2062 Outrage Stirred by Florida&#8217;s African American \u2063History Curriculum<\/a><br \/>\n        <br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-[14px] leading-[18px] text-[#737373]\">8\/2\/2023<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/desantis-invites-harris-to-talk-about-slavery-but-she-rejects-the-offer-5437693\">DeSantis Invites Harris To Talk About Slavery, But She Rejects the Offer<\/a><br \/>\n        <br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-[14px] leading-[18px] text-[#737373]\">8\/1\/2023<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/sen-tim-scott-surges-in-iowa-polls-speaks-at-states-gop-lincoln-dinner-5431193\">Sen. \u200cTim Scott Surges in Iowa Polls, Speaks\u2063 at \u2062State&#8217;s GOP Lincoln Dinner<\/a><br \/>\n        <br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-[14px] leading-[18px] text-[#737373]\">7\/29\/2023<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/no-silver-lining-in-slavery-tim-scott-voices-disapproval-of-floridas-curriculum-on-slavery-5430041\">\u2018No Silver Lining in \u2063Slavery\u2019: Tim Scott Voices Disapproval of Florida\u2019s Curriculum on Slavery<\/a><br \/>\n        <br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-[14px] leading-[18px] text-[#737373]\">7\/28\/2023<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The AP\u2064 African American Studies pilot course is not a history course and is \u2062a pilot\u2062 that\u2064 is still\u2062 undergoing major revisions,&#8221; Alexa Henning, a spokesperson for the Arkansas Department\u200d of\u2064 Education, \u2063said in \u200ca statement, noting that the course may \u2063contain topics prohibited \u2063by the state&#8217;s education law.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Arkansas Gov. Sarah\u200b Huckabee Sanders \u2064issued an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arkansas-stops-offering-high-school-credit-for-ap-african-american-studies\/\" title=\"Arkansas no longer grants high school credit for AP African American Studies.\">executive order prohibiting leftist\u200c race indoctrination<\/a> in K-12 schools. \u200cThe \u2062order\u2064 denounces &#8220;segregationist&#8221;\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-babin-to-newsmax-russia-china-licking-their-chops-over-our-woke-military\/\" title=\"Rep. Babin to Newsmax: Russia, China Licking Their Chops Over Our 'Woke' Military\">critical race theories<\/a> that &#8220;emphasize skin color as a\u200d person&#8217;s\u200d primary \u200ccharacteristic,&#8221; \u200band directs the state&#8217;s \u2062education secretary \u2062to review rules, policies, and regulations that might encourage students to discriminate against someone\u200b based on race.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Without clarity, we cannot approve a pilot that\u200c may unintentionally\u2062 put a teacher at risk\u2062 of violating Arkansas law,&#8221; Mr. Henning said. \u2063He \u2064emphasized that the \u2062pilot &#8220;does\u200d not comply with the rules of the department&#8217;s AP program like other vetted courses,&#8221; such as AP\u2063 European history, AP U.S. history, and AP world history.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The state cannot give AP credit for a course that \u200chas not \u2063yet been \u2064finalized,&#8221; the official said.\u200b &#8220;Once the \u200bpilot is completed and AP releases \u200bthe final course, ADE will review the final submission at that time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The department encourages the teaching of all American history and supports rigorous \u2064courses not\u2063 based\u2062 on opinions\u2062 or indoctrination.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According \u200cto the College Board, the company\u2062 that develops AP courses and administers the AP tests, six \u200cschools \u200bin Arkansas were expected to\u200c offer the course \u200bthis\u200c school\u2063 year.\u200d Among them was Little Rock \u200bCentral \u2063High School, which\u2064 is mentioned \u2062in the\u2062 course \u2062with a discussion of \u200dthe \u2064nine black\u200d students who \u2063famously attempted to enter the racially segregated school in 1957.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On\u2063 this first day of school, we share in their surprise, confusion, and disappointment at\u200d this new guidance that the course won&#8217;t count toward graduation credits or weighted the same as other AP courses offered in the state,&#8221; the \u2064College Board \u2064said in a \u2062statement.<\/p>\n<p>The College Board began developing the AP\u200d African American Studies course in \u200b2020, amid nationwide unrest sparked by the death of George Floyd.\u200b The course is \u200dnow in its second pilot phase, with more than 700 schools across \u2063the nation participating.<\/p>\n<p>The class was originally designed to cover topics such\u2064 as the Black Lives Matter movement, \u200bqueer and intersectionality theories,\u200d slavery reparations, as well as the works of critical race scholar Kimberl\u00e9 Crenshaw \u200cand Black Panther communist Angela Davis. These topics have been \u200comitted in the latest version of\u2064 course framework\u200b released this February.<\/p>\n<p>This major revision \u200bhas\u200b been\u2062 criticized\u200c by\u200c progressive activists\u2063 as caving to political pressure from Republican-led states that imposed bans or restrictions\u200c on the teaching\u2062 of &#8220;divisive concepts&#8221; in public schools. The College Board insisted that these changes have nothing to do with the political climate, although documents revealed that Florida&#8217;s education officials have \u2063been\u2062 in \u200dcontact with \u200bthe company over the aspects of the course\u2064 the state \u200bopposed.<\/p>\n<p>In Florida, \u200ba new \u2062K-12 African American history guideline instructs students to \u2062examine &#8220;how\u2062 slaves developed\u2064 skills\u200c which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.&#8221; The standards recently drew criticism from Democrats \u200cand some Republicans, including\u2064 Vice \u2062President Kamala Harris\u2062 and Sen.\u200c Tim Scott (R-S.C.), although the curriculum explicitly states that the goal is to showcase &#8220;strength, courage and \u200dresiliency&#8221; of black Americans under oppression, not to endorse the institution of slavery.<\/p>\n<p>Proponents of \u2063the Florida curriculum pointed to\u2064 the College Board&#8217;s 2023 AP African American Studies course, which includes a lesson about former slaves&#8217; skills, as \u200cevidence that \u200bthe \u200dcurriculum aligns with \u200cthe goals of teaching African American history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The College Board&#8217;s AP course on African American studies won&#8217;t be available for Arkansas high school students, confirmed the state&#8217;s education department. 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