Will Florida Teachers Still Be Punished for Teaching AP Psychology?
Advocacy groups demand assurances faculty won’t face retribution because of Florida’s "don’t say gay" law.
August 8, 2023
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Advocacy groups demand assurances faculty won’t face retribution because of Florida’s "don’t say gay" law.
College Board threatened to not allow censored courses to be designated "AP."
The Florida Board of Education said the course could be taught if those elements were left out.
The Republican governor and presidential hopeful previously targeted AP Black History.
New College of Florida has been undergoing a conservative makeover since January, when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis installed a conservative majority on the board of trustees that led to the appointment of a new president.
Talk about a civics lesson: A high school senior has raised questions about political bias in a popular textbook on U.S. government, and legal scholars and top scientists say the teen's criticism is well-founded. They say American Government, by conservatives James Wilson and John Dilulio, presents a skewed view of topics from global warming to separation of church and state to gay rights. The publisher now says it will review the book, as will the College Board, which oversees college-level Advanced Placement courses used in high schools. Student Matthew LaClair of Kearny, N.J., recently brought his concerns to the attention of the Center for Inquiry, an Amherst, N.Y., think tank that promotes science and which has issued a scathing report about the textbook.
Thomas accused the court's newest justice of casting all Black people as victims and wanting to "reallocate society’s riches by racial means."
The gay rights icon was memorialized in the January 11, 1979 issue of The Advocate. Read the obituary below.
The Florida Board of Education on Wednesday approved new rules strictly enforcing a new law segregating public restroom facilities by gender.
Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame announced its updated nondiscrimination policy in November, then the transphobes rallied.
The fight continues at the women's college for more inclusive gender policies.
The school has been just fine since 1960, but conservatives see an opportunity to transform the liberal arts school from the inside out.
The right worries that white kids could be taught the truth about the Black experience in the United States over time.
Sweet Briar College's founder's 1900 will stated that Sweet Briar would be a school for girls and women, and the college must abide by the understanding of gender at that time, administrators say.
Local media reported that hundreds of books ended up in dumpsters.
Hope Carrasquilla was forced to resign from a charter school after giving an art lesson that included the famous nude statue.