Hi Glenn. I just got an interesting news alert. The plot about the A.P. African-American studies (APAAS) course is thickening. Illinois governor J. B. Pritzker is now demanding that “the role played by Black queer Americans” be included in the College Board’s APAAS course. His letter to the College Board said in part Illinois opposed “Florida’s racist and homophobic laws” and that Illinois would “reject any curriculum modifications designed to appease extremists like the Florida Governor and his allies.”
That has me wondering if you and John might be interested in designing a better APAAS course that could be offered to high school students (perhaps through state universities) by states opposed to the College Board's course. I have no doubt that between you, you and John could design a far better course that covered controversial topics but did so in a way that presented all sides of the issues. I imagine you could probably find people to the left of John that would be interested in making the course even better. I am not crazy about how such a course would encourage the Balkanization of the United States, but the states are supposed to be the laboratories of democracy. If you and John wouldn't be interested, I certainly hope someone does it. Feel free to make this part of your monthly Q&A. I'll repost this message when I get the email about the Q&A.
Hi Glenn. I just got an interesting news alert. The plot about the A.P. African-American studies (APAAS) course is thickening. Illinois governor J. B. Pritzker is now demanding that “the role played by Black queer Americans” be included in the College Board’s APAAS course. His letter to the College Board said in part Illinois opposed “Florida’s racist and homophobic laws” and that Illinois would “reject any curriculum modifications designed to appease extremists like the Florida Governor and his allies.”
That has me wondering if you and John might be interested in designing a better APAAS course that could be offered to high school students (perhaps through state universities) by states opposed to the College Board's course. I have no doubt that between you, you and John could design a far better course that covered controversial topics but did so in a way that presented all sides of the issues. I imagine you could probably find people to the left of John that would be interested in making the course even better. I am not crazy about how such a course would encourage the Balkanization of the United States, but the states are supposed to be the laboratories of democracy. If you and John wouldn't be interested, I certainly hope someone does it. Feel free to make this part of your monthly Q&A. I'll repost this message when I get the email about the Q&A.