American Federation of Teachers President Randy Weingarten accused Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis of “race-baiting” with the College Board’s decision to withhold the proposed AP African American Studies course framework from schools in the Sunshine State.
“As an educator who has taught the AP, I am disappointed by the omissions and changes in the AP African American Studies course,” he tweeted Wednesday.
“This is a college elective course 4 high school students and people like #APhilipRandloph and #bellhooks should not be given short shrift,” he added.
Weingarten’s complaints come after DeSantis and the Florida Department of Education rejected the AP African American Studies course framework for allegedly violating the state’s Stop Walk Act, which was signed into law last year. were gone
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American Federation of Teachers President Randy Weingarten is facing off against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has criticized his pushback against the College Board’s allegedly ‘whack’ AP African American Studies course.
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The course faced criticism from Florida Republicans for its content focusing on elements of black queer theory and controversial topics such as the Black Lives Matter movement.
In a second tweet on the thread, Weingarten added, “Too often politics interferes with education, which is exactly what DeSantis attempted here. Despite the rewrite, we maintain our belief that AP African American Studies across the country I should be available to every high school student.”
“So DeSantis, stop the race betting and let our high school students in Florida choose to take AP African American Studies courses,” he continued in a third post.
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Randy Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, holds a press conference with members of Congress, parent and caregiver advocates.
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Actor Dan Cain was among those who criticized Weingarten’s hit against DeSantis, writing, “Hey @rweingarten” How does “queer theory” apply to AP African American Studies?
Activist and columnist Avatans Kumar said, “This is not about African American studies. FL does a good job on that count. Leftists are mad that they can’t train kids in the name of education.” are.”
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The College Board decided to purge Wake content in its proposed AP African Studies course after criticism from Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla.
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The College Board announced plans to revise the course framework last week after DeSantis and the Florida Department of Education rejected an initial proposal.
DeSantis claimed the course content was “historically inaccurate” and was supported by Leon County, Florida Democratic Commissioner Bill Proctor who said the framework was “off course” from other African-American studies frameworks. was and called its content “trash” during the finale. Remarks of the Commission meeting on 24th January.
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