The College Board Shouldn't Be Bowing to Political Pressure

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Tana Hossie-Coats: The College Board should not be bowing to political pressure. She says students will learn a lot in the AP course, but some hot topics are left out. "It is a huge advance if those students are learning black history and culture," she says.

The College Board piloted an AP course on African American Studies. Then, after conservative pushback, it debuted a revised curriculum. But the group insists it’s not caving to political pressure.

This episode was produced by Siona Peterous and Hady Mawajdeh, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and edited by Matt Collette and Noel King, who also hosted. We had help with today’s show from Sarah Darville, national managing editor for Chalkbeat.

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