Los Angeles Times

Watering down AP African American studies preserves the myth that racism exists solely in the past

A new Advanced Placement African American studies course, piloted across 60 schools during the current school year, has been celebrated by scholars of race and ethnicity and criticized by conservative ...
Fox Carolina

Organizations respond to SC Dept. of Education’s decision on AP African American Studies

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Organizations around the state are responding following The South Carolina Department of Education’s (SCDE) decision to leave AP African American studies off the 2024 ...
Yahoo

The new AP African American Studies course has been consumed by politics. But what's actually being taught?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Books for students taking AP African American Studies at Overland High School in Aurora, Colo., last year. (RJ Sangosti/MediaNews ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

EDITORIAL: AP studies

Another school has decided to teach Advanced Placement African American Studies, even though the state won't count it as credit. The eStem High School, a public charter, sent a letter to parents a few ...
Education Week

Can South Carolina Schools Teach AP African American Studies? It’s Complicated

Schools in South Carolina seeking to offer the new AP African American Studies course this fall must seek direct authorization from the College Board, and ensure their instruction meets college-level ...
Education Week

Here’s How AP African American Studies Helps Teachers ‘Get Students to Think’

Ahenewa El-Amin has taught African American literature and AP English Literature and Composition for years at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky. She heard that Florida state officials moved to ...
WESH

College Board releases new curriculum for AP African American Studies course

NEW CURRICULUM FOR ITS AP AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES COURSE TODAY. THE PILOT PROGRAM CAME UNDER SCRUTINY AFTER GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS SAID HE WOULD NOT ALLOW THE COURSE TO BE TAUGHT IN FLORIDA HIGH ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Gwinnett would fund AP African American Studies if concerns addressed

Officials from Georgia’s largest school district said Thursday that they have no problem with paying to offer Advanced Placement African American Studies, but will not do so until they are assured ...
The Washington Post

Phantom AP Study Lurks

We yearn so much for data on the Advanced Placement program -- a powerful influence on high schools today -- that one of the most cited pieces of recent AP research actually does not yet exist, at ...
The Hill

Arkansas joins Florida in nixing AP African American studies

Arkansas is joining Florida in nixing the Advanced Placement (AP) African American studies course from its schools. The state announced right before classes began for the 2023-2024 school year that AP ...
abc27

Carlisle school board approves AP African American Studies

CARLISLE, Pa. (WHTM) — The Carlisle Area School District will be one of the first in the Midstate to offer the new AP African American Studies course. The school board voted unanimously Thursday night ...