Will AP Psychology be offered in Florida schools this year, and if so, will anything be cut out?
Action News Jax was thesent by Florida’s Commissioner of Education to school superintendents Friday.
In it, Commissioner Manny Diaz wrote, “The Department believes that AP Psychology can be taught in its entirety in a manner that is age and developmentally appropriate”. Some school districts like St. Johns and Nassau took that to mean they could offer the course this school year, but Florida Education Association President Andrew Spar pointed out many other districts canceled the course anyways.
“They don’t believe that teachers can teach this course and not get in trouble for doing it,” said Spar.“Instead of AP Psychology, students will be enrolled into a different accelerated college credit course such as the AP Seminar course, the Cambridge AICE Psychology course, or other options,” said a district spokesperson in an emailed statement.
It was the section on gender and sexual orientation that spurred the controversy surrounding the course.
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