“[College Board] will not modify our courses to accommodate restrictions on teaching essential, college-level topics,” they said in a statement to Florida's Board of Education.
June 16, 2023

I mean, this is the College Board, they didn't AKTUALLY say "up yours." But the effect is the same. Way to put the foot down, College Board! Via The Hill:

The College Board released a letter Thursday putting its foot down on further demands from Florida to change any of its Advanced Placement (AP) classes, the latest development in the ongoing feud between the company and the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).

“[College Board] will not modify our courses to accommodate restrictions on teaching essential, college-level topics,” the company told the Florida Department of Education Office of Articulation.

"Office of Articulation?" Sounds like some woke sh*t to me! But I digress. The College Board actually comes out and says why it won't jump through Ron's hoops:

“Doing so would break the fundamental promise of AP: colleges wouldn’t broadly accept that course for credit and that course wouldn’t prepare students for careers in the discipline,” it added.

The College Board is an antiquated and discriminatory organization, but they are correct. If colleges are going to give kids credit, their courses should meet a national standard.

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