Posted on 08/06/2024 10:21:46 AM PDT by DFG
Under the leadership of Common Core czar David Coleman, the College Board has been creating or rewriting Advanced Placement (AP) courses to reflect a leftist worldview. AP courses such as U.S. History and European History now push a decidedly left-of-center narrative that conflicts with traditional scholarship and introduces a de facto national curriculum for the advanced students who populate AP classes.
But some states are beginning to challenge the woke-ification of AP.
The latest AP controversy centers on the radical new AP African-American Studies (APAAS) course, recently piloted nationally and now rolled out in its final form. But some state education officials are taking seriously their responsibility to guide public education and are refusing to adopt APAAS as a state-approved course. The days of states simply rubber-stamping whatever comes out of the College Board may be numbered.
Recognizing that APAAS is in many ways more propaganda than education, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was the first to draw the line at having taxpayers fund its indoctrination of Florida students. Arkansas Department of Education officials followed suit. Officials in South Carolina have hoisted warning flags about whether the course will carry full credit toward graduation.
Most recently, the Georgia superintendent of education cited concerns about the CRT-infused content of APAAS as a reason for denying full approval of the course in Georgia public schools. The Democrat members of the Georgia legislature’s House and Senate Education Committees are holding a hearing on the issue on Aug. 8.
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The purpose of history is to learn from it. IT’s why Western civilization created the class, as part of it’s Classical liberal curriculum.
LIberals corrupted it to use history as a cudgel to permanently condemn.
Seperation of School and State is an idea whose time has come.
Advance Placement courses should be about education—NOT leftist propaganda!
A lot of schools have stopped offering AP courses.
My friend took enough AP tests to get 75 hours of credit out of 120 for a BS in business. He saved 10s of thousands of dollars, and counless hours of in-class BS!
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