California Governor Gavin Knewsom issued an executive order last Tuesday, blocking Golden State high schools from deploying the College Board’s hot-off-the-presses Advanced Placement course on creationism. “It violates everything we progressives hold dear,” said the much-rumored Democratic presidential aspirant. “It does violence to good science and is just one more example of the College Board’s pandering to extremist groups while seeking to expand market share in certain parts of the country.” Replied Board president David Coalman, “This excellent addition to the AP program’s growing suite of college-level courses for high school students was carefully developed by an expert team of university faculty and secondary educators, creationists all. It responds to mounting demand at both the high school and college levels for high-quality instruction about this vital alternative to conventional cosmology. We are proud that it has already been mandated in the high schools of Florida and Texas, but we’d also be pleased to work with California educators to see if it can be modified to address some of Governor Knewsome’s objections.”
