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Another ‘Atta-boy’ for DeSantis
Florida’s governor is at it again, and in a good way. The link is to an article at NRO by Stanley Kurtz who follows and battles against “wokeness” efforts in schools. In the article, he details Gov. DeSantis’s rather gutsy move to oppose a pilot advanced placement course in “African-American Studies”. It’s a rather long piece, but well worth reading the entire thing. Here’s an excerpt to get the flavor of what’s going on:
On January 12, however, the administration of Florida governor Ron DeSantis wrote a letter to the College Board informing it that Florida was rejecting its request for state approval of APAAS. The letter, from the Florida Department of Education’s Office of Articulation, goes on to state that, “as presented, the content of this course is inexplicably contrary to Florida law and significantly lacks educational value.” At the same time, the letter notes that “in the future, should College Board be willing to come back to the table with lawful, historically accurate content, FDOE will always be willing to reopen the discussion.” In short, DeSantis has decided that APAAS does in fact violate Florida’s Stop WOKE Act by attempting to persuade students of at least some tenets of CRT.