Gov. Phil Murphy (D-N.J.) announced on Tuesday that AP African American Studies classes will be expanded to 26 schools in New Jersey for the 2023–24 academic year.
The course was introduced in 60 high schools across the United States this year as part of a two-year pilot program, with one of them located in New Jersey. Murphy announced the program’s expansion during a visit to Science Park High School with Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka during Black History Month.
The course is the first new offering from the College Board since 2014 and has been criticized by the Florida government as offering little “educational value.”…