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The College Board Tries Again

The nonprofit has released an updated curriculum for its AP African American Studies course, correcting many of its earlier missteps.
Source: Stephen Smith / AP

Earlier this year, the College Board—which administers Advanced Placement courses at high schools across the country—faced a fierce backlash. On January 23, during a press conference at Duval Charter School at Baymeadows, in Jacksonville, Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis attacked the organization’s pilot course in AP African American Studies as a radical revision of history.

“This course is not education; it’s indoctrination,” DeSantis told reporters. The state’s

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