Last week the Florida Department of Education barred a new Advanced Placement course on African American studies from being taught in Florida high schools. Initially the letter to the College Board, the state claimed the material violated Florida law but gave no specifics or examples. Since, Florida’s commissioner of Education, Manny Diaz, Jr. has responded to the criticism via Twitter with an outline of the material they found objectionable:
Under Governor Ron DeSantis Florida has cracked down on curriculum and initiatives they describe as “woke.”
[…] The College Board released the revised framework for its new Advanced Placement African American studies course on Wednesday. The new version of the course is noticeably missing several of the contentious elements highlighted by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Department of Education. […]