The College Board revised its curriculum to offer Advanced Placement courses It’s called piloting African American Studies is the company Announced Wednesday. Contemporary controversial topics such as intersectionality, Black Lives Matter, and queer theory were relegated or eliminated entirely. “Black conservatism” was added to the list of research projects.
These edits are not the result of right-wing uproar triggered by Florida Governor. Ron DeSantis (R), the College Board insists—and the timeline lends credence to the company’s denial. It was just Three weeks The DeSantis administration has complained about the curriculum for about two years, including the time that the complaint was made public. It’s an impressive pace for a revision, as College Board chief David Coleman stated. “ It is the long-planned outcome of a semester spent testing the class at select schools.
But, in the political world, I doubt that the truth about the curriculum decision will be much of a difference. DeSantis made education-warring central to his national political profile. His supporters and less rational critics will undoubtedly give him credit for the AP course review.
