College Board not buckling to DeSantis' LGBTQ+ demands

When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis threatened to ban an Advanced Placement African American Studies class from his state’s schools, the College Board quickly backed down, revising the class to remove the content that DeSantis had deemed unacceptable. When you let a bully succeed, he always comes back for more—a lesson the College Board is now learning. This time, though, the organization that develops and administers AP exams and other standardized tests is standing its ground.

DeSantis is now coming for AP Psychology via the Florida Department of Education because it has a unit that covers gender and sexual orientation. Following the expansion of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity is illegal not just for grade school students but for middle school and high school students as well.