Learn more about Mr. Coleman here...
https://about.collegeboard.org/leadership/david-coleman

David grew up in a family of educators and followed them into the field. He went to public school in New York City before enrolling at Yale University. At Yale, he taught reading to high school students from low-income families and started Branch, an innovative community service program for inner-city students in New Haven, Conn. Based on the success of Branch, David received a Rhodes Scholarship, which he used to study English literature at the University of Oxford and classical educational philosophy at the University of Cambridge in the U.K.

With a team of educators, David founded the Grow Network, an organization committed to making assessment results truly useful for teachers, parents and students. The Grow Network delivered breakthrough-quality reports for parents and teachers as well as individualized learning guides for students. McGraw-Hill acquired the Grow Network in 2005.

In 2007, David left McGraw-Hill and cofounded Student Achievement Partners, a nonprofit that assembles educators and researchers to design actions based on evidence to improve student outcomes. Student Achievement Partners played a leading role in developing the Common Core State Standards in math and literacy. David left Student Achievement Partners in the fall of 2012 to become president of the College Board.

David was named to the 2013 Time 100, the magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. He has been recognized as one of Time magazine’s “11 Education Activists for 2011” and was one of the NewSchools Venture Fund Change Agents of the Year for 2012. He is the proud father of two.

And here...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Coleman_(educator)


David Coleman (left), Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham (center), and Henry Louis Gates Jr. (right) serve on a panel at the National Museum of African American History and Culture for the launch of AP African American Studies.

Learn more about Dr. Waters here...
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandimwaters
Director, AP African American Studies
The College Board
Apr 2021 - Present1 year 11 months
New York, New York, United States

Education

Yale University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)Combined PhD Program in Latin American History and African American Studies
Activities and Societies: Presidential Task Force for Diversity and Inclusion, Office for Graduate Student Development and Diversity, Race and Slavery in the Atlantic World Working Group

Harvard Extension School
Master of Liberal Arts - A.L.M.History
Activities and Societies: Research Assistant

The Johns Hopkins University
Master of Arts (M.A.)Latin American History, African Diaspora
Activities and Societies: Graduate Diversity Fellow, Black Graduate Student Association, P.R.A.I.S.E. Tutoring (Paul Robeson Academic International School of Excellence)

University of Pennsylvania
B.A.Anthropology, Latin American Studies, African Studies
Activities and Societies: Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship, In Situ Undergraduate Anthropology Research Journal, Onyx Senior Honor Society, Penn English Language Mentors

Studied at the Universidad de Sevilla, Spain; Studied at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Universidad de Sevilla
Semester Program, Licenciado en LetrasGeografia e historia
University of KwaZulu-Natal Graphic

Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad Summer Program Zulu Language & Literature
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Dr. Waters, the College Board Director of AP African American Studies, designed the AP course which was launched in July of 2022 as The College Board AP Program Pilot at Howard University. Learn more about that here...
https://thedig.howard.edu/all-stories/advanced-placement-african-american-studies-launches-pilot-summer-institute-howard-university

Learn more about the African American Studies course curriculum here...
Essence Magazine

On First Day Of Black History Month, College Board Releases AP African American Studies Curriculum

BY MELISSA NOEL · UPDATED FEBRUARY 1, 2023

On the first day of Black History Month, the College Board unveiled the official curriculum for its new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies.

The course was first announced in August, but David Coleman, the College Board’s president, said that the board chose the final framework based on feedback from educators and students, as well as principles that have guided and served as the ultimate foundation of AP courses.

Along with teachers and students, the board worked with 300 professors of African American Studies from more than 200 colleges nationwide, including dozens of historically Black colleges. College Board CEO David Coleman described the course as an “unflinching encounter with the facts and evidence of African American history and culture.”

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https://www.essence.com/holidays/black-history-month/college-board-african-american-studies-course-curriculum/