DeSantis is right about AP African-American Studies

But is the APAAS program really as radical as Stanley Kurtz has said? Discussion of this question has been hampered by the College Board’s refusal to release the APAAS curriculum framework and associated materials. The refusal itself is telling, but it’s not conclusive.

Stanley overcame this problem to some extent by obtaining a copy of the APAAS curriculum, and laying out its socialist agenda and embrace of Critical Race Theory (CRT). However, he confined himself to a “fair use” discussion of the framework, declining to publish the full curriculum out of respect for the College Board’s insistence that it was a “trade secret.” Thus, no one could judge the accuracy of his descriptions.

Now, however, the Florida Standard newspaper has obtained a copy of the pilot APAAS curriculum and made it public. In addition, Kurtz has obtained a copy of a second document, the “APAAS Pilot Course Guide.” This is a manual designed for use by teachers of the course.

Taken together, these documents confirm that DeSantis was right to nix APAAS as constituted.