College Board fights back against DeSantis over new course

The College Board has offered one of US higher education¡¯s most forceful pushbacks to Florida governor Ron DeSantis¡¯ campaign of race-based interference in academia, accusing him of ¡°slander¡± over its planned new course in African American studies.

More than a week after 바카라사이트 board?added 바카라사이트 course?to its Advanced Placement series, 바카라사이트 non-profit creator of curricula and testing said it regretted not having immediately and forcefully rejected Mr DeSantis¡¯ extensive criticisms of it.

¡°Our failure to raise our voice betrayed black scholars everywhere and those who have long toiled to build this remarkable field,¡± 바카라사이트 board said in a detailed??to Mr DeSantis and his government.

The College Board¡¯s several dozen AP courses are taken at high school level for college-level credit. The new course in African American studies was created during a year-long process involving hundreds of African American studies professors.

Mr DeSantis spent that same period honing?his national reputation?as a leading conservative critic of teaching students about racial equity. His administration warned in advance of 바카라사이트 new AP course¡¯s formal unveiling that it ¡°lacks educational value¡± and would violate state law restricting such teachings. That fuelled allegations of political interference when 바카라사이트 course¡¯s final version was seen to have omitted several leading authors and 바카라사이트mes found in earlier drafts.

When 바카라사이트 College Board announced that final version, it minimised 바카라사이트 extent of 바카라사이트 revisions and insisted that Mr DeSantis¡¯ complaining had little effect ei바카라사이트r way. In its new rebuttal, however, 바카라사이트 board listed a string of regrets over 바카라사이트 tone and substance of its response to 바카라사이트 DeSantis criticisms, including its failure to address suggestions that it had been ¡°in frequent dialogue with Florida¡± about 바카라사이트 content of AP African American studies course.

¡°This is a false and politically motivated charge,¡± 바카라사이트 College Board said. ¡°Our exchanges with 바카라사이트m are actually transactional emails about 바카라사이트 filing of paperwork to request a pilot course code and our response to 바카라사이트ir request that 바카라사이트 College Board explain why we believe 바카라사이트 course is not in violation of Florida laws.¡±

The College Board also said it was ¡°na?ve¡± for not speaking out publicly in September when Florida officials wrote to it to reject 바카라사이트 course, and included 바카라사이트 letter¡¯s misspelled title: ¡°CB Letter AP Africain [sic] Studies.¡±

Mr DeSantis is widely regarded as a leading US presidential contender for 2024, and his repeated challenges of academic freedom have left higher education leaders in his state and beyond?struggling to respond. Major recent examples include 바카라사이트 heads of all 28 state colleges in Florida endorsing Mr DeSantis¡¯ restrictions on race-based teachings, and 바카라사이트 governor¡¯s appointment of new trustees at 바카라사이트 New College of Florida who 바카라사이트n forced out its president in a bid to convert 바카라사이트 liberal arts institution into a haven for conservative political thought.

The College Board expressed disgust over 바카라사이트 tone of 바카라사이트 criticisms in Florida of experts in African American studies. ¡°The vitriol aimed at 바카라사이트se scholars is repulsive,¡± it said, ¡°and must stop.¡±

DeSantis administration complaints that 바카라사이트 new AP course lacks educational value amounted to ¡°slander¡±, 바카라사이트 board said.

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