Teachers from Texas to New England tell TIME that they can’t ignore the news around AP African American Studies. Many say, though, that Ron DeSantis’s objections to the course have only made their students more engaged
The subsequent coverage resulted in no local scandal in Louisiana’s capital city and no national controversy.
Glynn’s press conference is perhaps an extreme example of how AP African American Studies teachers say they’re working hard to prevent the controversy over the class from disrupting their students’ education. Teachers from Texas to New England tell TIME that they can’t ignore the news around AP African American Studies.
Many say, though, that DeSantis’s objections to the course have only made their students more engaged. Austin Sparks, who is teaching the class in the Cleveland area, turned the controversy into a teachable moment. He and his students discussed parallels between Florida’s decision to ban the course, and lessons they had already covered, including material they previously covered, like Jim Crow laws, which legalized racial discrimination.
Two schools in Florida stopped the pilot mid-year after DeSantis spoke out against the class in mid-January. The course is more than a decade in the making, but launched in the fall of 2021 in large part as a response to the murder of, so that high school students wouldn’t have to wait until college to learn about police brutality and other issues affecting the Black community in historical context.
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