In a historic move, Florida's state Board of Education has approved new, separate standards for how African American history must be taught to millions of students. The decision Wednesday comes ...

It is the latest development in the state’s ongoing debate over African American history, including the education department’s rejection of a preliminary pilot version of an Advanced Placement ...

In 2021, the Florida Education Board approved a rule banning ... Gates Jr., one of America’s foremost experts on African-American history, who helped develop the AP African American Studies ...

"But that reduces Black history to African-American history ... The Center for Racial Justice in Education said educators may be more encouraged to teach Black history in their classrooms ...

The State Board of Education conducts its July 19 meeting before a crowd in Orlando, where Florida's new African American history standards were approved. [ The Florida Channel ] When Florida’s ...

The National Museum of African American History and Culture’s North Star digital initiative features three series of online education resources that leverage artworks, objects, and other ...

The Florida state board of education approved new African American history standards for grades K-12 that are drawing national criticism for the framing of certain topics, including descriptions ...

"African American artists have used art to preserve history and community memory as ... what is possible if people actually focus on the educational importance of it," he said.

“Ms. O’Connor has been recruited to write African American history course curricula for ... to Florida law and significantly lacks educational value." Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration ...

Virginia’s education department proposed dozens of revisions to an elective course on African American history, striking some references to white supremacy and systemic racism among other ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The South Carolina Department of Education unveiled the 2025 S.C. African American History Calendar Wednesday night. WIS’ longtime anchor Judi Gaston emceed the event ...