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A schism involving the Florida Education Department and the College Board over the teaching of Advanced Placement (AP) Psychology due to the inclusion of LGBTQ+ subjects may have come to a resolution.
Just last week the College Board recommended that Florida schools not teach the course because of the state’s requirement to omit certain topics.
The head of Florida’s education department on Friday told school officials that Advanced Placement Psychology courses may be taught in their “entirety” after dizzying concerns over new state ...
Confusion over a Florida law has led several schools in the Sunshine State to ban the Advanced Placement Psychology course despite the state's education commissioner clarifying that the course can ...
Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz, Jr. instructs state school officials to teach College Board's AP Psychology course "in its entirety." ...
In a statement, the College Board—the New York-based national body that approves AP courses and runs SAT testing—called sexual orientation and gender identity "essential topics" in psychology.
More than 28,000 Florida students took AP Psychology in the 2022-23 academic year, according to the College Board, which said the course asks students to “describe how sex and gender influence ...
Now, faced with altering its AP Psychology course to comply with Florida's limits on teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity, the nonprofit College Board is pushing back.
Florida high schools may teach Advanced Placement (AP) Psychology courses, the state Department of Education clarified Friday, a day after it stated that teaching the class would violate the law. &… ...
A letter from Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. sent a letter out on Wednesday confirming that AP Psychology does not violate state laws on education.
ORLANDO, Fla. — After College Board announced it would not be modifying its courses to accommodate restrictions on teaching certain topics in Florida, an AP Psychology teacher at Lyman High ...
A schism involving the Florida Education Department and the College Board over the teaching of Advanced Placement (AP) Psychology due to the inclusion of LGBTQ+ subjects may have come to a resolution.