DeSantis feuds with Advanced Placement test company

DeSantis feuds with Advanced Placement test company

Author: Gannett February 16, 2023 Duration: 26:03

Gov. Ron DeSantis is hinting at doing away with Advanced Placement classes in Florida amid a dispute over a Black studies course. Journalists Zac Anderson, Antonio Fins and John Kennedy discuss DeSantis' penchant for picking high-profile education fights, a push by state lawmakers to make it harder to amend Florida’s constitution and Trump ramping up his attacks on DeSantis.


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