Dumbing down of Florida due to LGBTQIA hatred?
In Florida, school superintendents have been told that an Advanced Placement psychology course offered to high school students violates a new law prohibiting instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity.
This is according to the nonprofit organization College Board that develops the courses, stating that “the Florida Department of Education has effectively banned AP Psychology in the state”, making this the latest move by the administration of extremist right-wing Republican governor Ron DeSantis to limit instruction about LGBTQIA issues and race in the now-becoming-extremely-conservative state.
DeSantis wants to be the next US president, challenging the TV personality and former US President Donald Trump for the Republican nomination for the presidency in 2024.
The College Board develops AP courses that help high school students gain college credits. It was sent actually earlier sent a letter by the state to remind the organization about the new law banning instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in all but health courses. But the College Board said that modifying its courses to accommodate the demands of the state make them ineligible for college credit and would also violate academic standards.
Earlier, Florida banned a new AP African American studies course, thereby saying that teaching about the abuses experienced by Black people in the US lacked “educational value and historical accuracy”.
