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EXCLUSIVE — The overwhelming majority of Republican primary voters want their party's presidential contenders to prioritize culture war issues in education and health, a new poll found.

The College Board fired back at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Saturday after ongoing tussles about the content of the proposed AP African-American Studies course.

The College Board said that no states provided feedback on its AP Black studies course. But it received feedback from right-wing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as early as January 2022.

The College Board and the Florida Department of Education are accusing each other of misleading the public over a disputed Advanced Placement African American Studies course.

In dueling letters, Florida and the College Board share disagreements over AP African American studies course, which may not be offered here.

DeSantis and some state legislators are stepping up.

The letter to the College Board regarding “AP classroom” the Florida Department of Education references a back-and-forth between the two entities that goes back to last year.

A battle between governors over history tests leads to a compromise decision.

Wokeness is, make no mistake, a multi-headed hydra that imperils Western civilization in countless ways, attacks relentlessly, and is almost impossible to kill. Having said all of that, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently notched a rare win against the raging beast: He played a commanding role in efforts to convince The College Board, which supervises…

Florida state officials announced in January that they had rejected the course because of six areas of concern — “Black Queer Studies,” “Intersectionality,” “Movement for Black Lives,” “Black Feminist Literary Thought,” “The Reparations Movement” and “Black Struggle in the 21st Century.”