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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCollege Board Says That DeSantis' Outburst Didn't Change AP African American Studies
I saw the head of the college boards discuss this on Capehart this morning and later on the Symone show. DeathSantis was commenting on an early version of the course outline that had already been changed prior to DeathSantis' comments.
Link to tweet
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/college-board-says-desantis-outburst-143500490.html
But, after days of being hounded by reporters, on Thursday, the College Board reportedly told their membership that DeSantis had nothing to do with the updates to the program.
To be clear, no states or districts have seen the official framework that will be released on February 1, much less provided feedback on it, the College Board said in a letter to its membership, according to Politico.
The letter obtained by Politico went on to say that the course had been shaped only by the input of experts and long-standing AP principles and practices.
According to Politico, those experts included 300 professors of African American Studies from more than 200 colleges nationwide, including dozens of historically Black colleges and universities.
Moreover, the College Board had apparently completed working on the new course in December before DeSantis outburst.
The DeSantis administration may have been too quick to celebrate. But itll be worth watching to see what changes were actually made and if the College Board has any plans to stand up to DeSantis publicly.
To be clear, no states or districts have seen the official framework that will be released on February 1, much less provided feedback on it, the College Board said in a letter to its membership, according to Politico.
The letter obtained by Politico went on to say that the course had been shaped only by the input of experts and long-standing AP principles and practices.
According to Politico, those experts included 300 professors of African American Studies from more than 200 colleges nationwide, including dozens of historically Black colleges and universities.
Moreover, the College Board had apparently completed working on the new course in December before DeSantis outburst.
The DeSantis administration may have been too quick to celebrate. But itll be worth watching to see what changes were actually made and if the College Board has any plans to stand up to DeSantis publicly.
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College Board Says That DeSantis' Outburst Didn't Change AP African American Studies (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Feb 2023
OP
The college board did not respond or cave toto political pressure from governor DeSantis
LetMyPeopleVote
Feb 2023
#2
We've obtained rights for their articles and their books and they are actually in the digital librar
LetMyPeopleVote
Feb 2023
#5
Fullduplexxx
(8,190 posts)1. what a load
Phoenix61
(17,498 posts)4. No it's not. Follow the time line. nt
LetMyPeopleVote
(153,746 posts)2. The college board did not respond or cave toto political pressure from governor DeSantis
Cha
(304,419 posts)3. "Outburst". That's one way
To put it.. throwing his Dictator weight around
LetMyPeopleVote
(153,746 posts)5. We've obtained rights for their articles and their books and they are actually in the digital librar