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Let’s shatter stereotypes about what an AP class — and students — look like

August 28, 2025 - California schools need a whole new understanding of the importance of play — and potty training — in TK classrooms. If you were to show up at Natomas High School in the middle of ...
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African-American History Finally Gets Its Own AP Class—And Historians Say It’s More Important Than Ever

On the first day of one of the first AP African American Studies classes ever taught, Marlon Williams-Clark rattled off a list of Black luminaries to see how many his students had heard of. Only one ...
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Is new AP African American Studies course too woke? We attended class to find out.

LORTON, Virginia – Sean Miller quiets the stereo blasting Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” and begins his lessons for the day, a journey through centuries with improvisational stops along the way.
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First AP African American studies class to be offered in some high schools this fall

Some high school students across the country can take a new Advanced Placement course this fall. AP African American Studies will be a class option for some students, on top of traditional AP subjects ...