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Feb 1, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
College Board is set to unveil revised framework for AP Afr Amer Studies course tmrw. Whatever changes are made, it matters that College Board has yet to specifically address Florida’s rejection. It has yet to fight for course. It hasn’t defended course but it defended *itself*… In its public statements released to the media & in private letter to members sent last week, College Board as an organization keeps reiterating that revisions were shaped only by experts & its existing process, not politicians. But what’s CB’s view of content Florida rejected?…
Jan 29, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
Well, I’ve read College Board’s Jan. 26 email to members a few times. It’s carefully worded but something felt off and it finally clicked with me.

The AP Afr Amer Studies course was rolled out this school year which means 1st cohort of Ss should be halfway thru course. So then… How is College Board releasing final version of this AP pilot course mid-school year? 🤔🧐

In 1/26 letter to its members, CB said no lawmakers weighed in on final version of AP course being released on Feb. 1. But how did CB even get to a *final version* w/ pilot still underway?
Jan 21, 2023 4 tweets 3 min read
Let’s keep it going. 😎

Dear @CollegeBoard — Florida banned new Afr Amer Studies course outright claiming it “lacks educational value.” You worked over a decade creating course. You had scholars hail curriculum for being “rigorously vetted.” How are you not #AllOrNothingAP? 🤨🤔 How do you intro new course @CollegeBoard that’s gone through same rigor as all your other courses *now available in Florida* and yet have state say we don’t want course centering Black American history & culture — but we’ll take European History. How’s that work? #AllOrNothingAP