The state's Division of Elementary and Secondary Education is seeking information about an AP course on African American studies.
The AP courses are only offered at Little Rock Central High and The Academies at Jonesboro High, per the Democrat-Gazette.
Sanders' order doesn't specifically take aim at the AP courses, but empowers the secretary of education to review and change any materials that "purposely or otherwise, promote teaching that would indoctrinate students with ideologies, such as CRT…"Zoom out:
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