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In a Reversal, A.P. Psychology May Be Allowed in Florida Schools After All

The College Board and the Florida Department of Education had been feuding over the inclusion of a section on gender and sexual orientation

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/us/florida-ap-psychology.html

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ 2y ago

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Shakespeare & penguin book caught in Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' laws

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/08/1192767641/shakespeare-florida-excerpts-dont-say-gay

* FL school district will read excerpts f. Shakespeare's plays rather than full texts

* Hillsborough County Public Schools' curriculum guides conform to laws prohibiting classroom discussion about sexual orientation, gender identity

And Tango Makes Three: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_Tango_Makes_Three

* introduces idea of diverse families to children

#FloridaEcucation #censorship #CultureWars #DeSantic #BookBans

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ 2y ago

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Arkansas Warns Schools Not to Offer A.P. African American Studies

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/14/us/arkansas-college-board-advanced-african-american-studies.html

* Arkansas Dept. Education warned schools not to offer Advanced Placement African American Studies

*like Florida, suggested course violates state law

* prohibits “teaching that would indoctrinate students w. ideologies”

#HistoricalRevisionism #education #Arkansas #GOP #Florida #DeSantis #BLM #BlackHistory #neofascism #neoconservatism #CRC #CriticalTheory #CriticalRaceTheory #CultureWars #GOP