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Florida superintendents have been advised by the state's education agency to nix their Advanced Placement Psychology classes unless they exclude any topics related to gender or sexuality, according to a press release from The College Board.

Such a shift would mean the courses couldn't be called Advanced Placement, however, or used by students to earn college credit, the College Board said.

"We are sad to have learned that today the Florida Department of Education has effectively banned AP Psychology in the state by instructing Florida superintendents that teaching foundational content on sexual orientation and gender identity is illegal under state law," the statement reads. "The state has said districts are free to teach AP Psychology only if it excludes any mention of these essential topics."

In June, the College Board said they would not alter its popular AP Psychology class after the state asked the organization to review all AP courses to see if they "need modification to ensure compliance" with a Florida law and state Board of Education rule targeting instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (3 children)

At some point Parental Rights is going to run up against Parents Who Want Their Kids to Go to College

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Parental Rights is pretty much always right wing crazies trying to keep their kids ignorant and controlled

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

If I were an Ivy League school, I'd make very clear that from here on out a degree from a Florida high school is virtually worthless without some kind of extra lessons and/or instruction. If they're not being taught the basics of history and science, then they no longer qualify to attend top-rated universities. It's as simple as that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Exactly. What happened to my rights as a parent to have my children be educated about the real world as it exists, not the fantasy hellscape that Ron Desantis wants to exist?

Most of my daughter's friends are registered to take this class this year. The school year starts next Thursday and now they have no idea what is going to happen. I'm hoping the courts step in and order an immediate injunction on this fuckery.

Ron Desantis is the biggest piece of shit I have ever seen and I hate that the majority of my fellow Floridians voted this tool into office with an overwhelming majority. What a crock of shit.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

Republicans: iT's ScIeNcE
Also Republicans: don't teach science.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

An AP psych course 20 years ago is how I figured out what I want to do for a living. That's super depressing because until that point I didn't know you could do brain research as a career.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How does one go about getting into that field?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Most straightforward would be getting BS in psychology, neuroscience, or biology, then PhD in psychology/neuroscience programs or MD/PhD. The exact field varies quite a bit, you can have a background in engineering or mathematics as well. MD/PhD gives you more options in clinical research, regular PhD gives you more laboratory experience but you can always get involved in clinical research. I don't have an MD but I can still collect tissue or do assessments on patients for research in coordination with MDs

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When is the book burning in front of the institute of gender studies? This parody isn't even funny.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah that’s going to happen in Indiana. Like I have 0 doubt that these people will burn down the kinsey institute in 2025 if trump is re-elected

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

How does banning teaching of certain topics mesh with the 1st ammendment?