College Board pushes back on Florida work group member who likened new Black history standards to AP curriculum
The College Board has refuted claims its Advanced Placement African American Studies course contains the same language as a contested standard in Florida’s new African American history curriculum that says middle schoolers should be taught that “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” المزيد
Most of Florida work group did not agree with controversial parts of state’s new standards for Black history, members say
A majority of the members of the Florida work group that developed new standards for teaching African American history opposed the sections that have recently drawn criticism, including that middle schoolers be instructed that enslaved people developed “skills” that could be used for their “personal benefit,” three members of the المزيد
Tim Scott rebukes Ron DeSantis over Florida Black history standards about slavery
ANKENY, Iowa — Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the only Black Republican in the Senate, rebuked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday for new public school standards that teach that some Black people benefited from slavery because it taught them useful skills. “As a country founded upon freedom, the المزيد
Rep. Byron Donalds calls on Florida to ‘correct’ Black history standards on slavery
Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida on Wednesday called on the state Department of Education to “correct” its new standards for teaching Black history, after it suggested that slaves benefited from skills used during forced labor. “The new African-American standards in FL are good, robust, & accurate,” Donalds tweeted. “That being المزيد