OPINION: 'That’s bad for free speech and for educational practice, and it's especially worrisome for Florida high school students. When politicians go to war with teachers, students always lose,' writes Jeremy C. Young.
because politicians disagree with its scholarship, and lawmakers have made viewpoint-based censorship of classroom subjects legal.
That’s bad for free speech and for educational practice, and it's especially worrisome for Florida high school students. When politicians go to war with teachers, students always lose.an AP test in 2021, with over 750,000 receiving a score of at least 3 out of 5 on at least one test, the minimum score some colleges will accept for college credit.
It’s that access to earlier and less expensive college-level material that the governor’s action will deny to Florida students. In acriticizing the AP African American Studies course, commentator Stanley Kurtz wrote that the course “will siphon off students from American history and other more conventional subject areas.” But there’s no evidence that’s the case.
In fact, AP African American Studies could well provide additional course credit for students who have already passed the AP U.S. or World History tests, or attract new students who find the subject matter more stimulating than that of the existing courses. Banning the course from Florida schools seems more likely to reduce the number of students studying related material or gaining AP credits.
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