NPR published a report of all the critics blasting Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., for opposing an AP African Studies course proposed for Florida high schools.
The CNN anchor blasted Florida's efforts to regulate content of books in its public school libraries.Florida Department of Education
NPR proceeded to list off the indictments against Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., including criticism that the governor was harming the educational well-being of Florida students, and potentially"[erasing] all of Black history" by rejecting the class. A Fox News Digital report on the syllabus of The College Board’s course revealed it"contains tenets of Critical Race Theory and elements of queer theory," which is what led to it being labeled a violation of the"Despite these facts, the opinions featured in NPR’s report spoke as if the DeSantis government was a scourge to public education. , who wrote a recent letter to The College Board urging the organization not to bow to the Florida DOE’s demands.
The petition called out DeSantis by name, stating,"It's clear that Fl. Gov. DeSantis has been using Black students as political pawns in his quest to build power and conservative outrage, and the Florida State Board of Education has long enabled him.", who stated,"AP courses are a pathway to help build critical thinking skills – to learn new information and apply it to life.
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