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The College Board, which oversees Advanced Placement courses, says the revisions to the African American history course were already underway prior to Gov. DeSantis’ objections to some of the material.
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NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Teresa Reed, dean of the University of Louisville's School of Music and a member of the committee that developed the College Board's AP African American studies class.
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The organization released the new curriculum for the Advanced Placement course after Florida rejected the pilot. The revisions removed units on Black feminist literary thought and Black Lives Matter.
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The Florida Department of Education rejected the original framework for the AP African American Studies course.
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"One Governor should not have the power to dictate the facts of U.S. history," Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said of GOP Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' move to ban the Advanced Placement course.
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The state’s rejection of the course has drawn national attention, including a rebuke from the Biden administration.
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Attorney Ben Crump announced a potential lawsuit against the Florida governor after the state rejected a new Advanced Placement course, which the College Board now says it will revise.
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Florida "medallion scholars" will be among the biggest beneficiaries this academic year of the state's efforts to expand financial aid for university...