The Advanced Placement History Continuum
There is an organization called the College Board whose purpose is to provide guidelines and exams to those schools with Advanced Placement classes. The organization is a non-profit focusing on helping students transition from high school and college. It provides guidelines, outlines and apparently exams to school boards using their program. Several years ago the College Board put together a blue ribbon panel of historians to develop an Advanced Placement history curriculum. It is a guideline with outlines and exams. This particular program is now being implemented in the schools, and the reaction has been…let’s say….not good. Conservatives have let their feelings be known loudly!! I know Progressives and uber-liberals deny it, but after the tumult of the 1960’s those marching on the streets migrated to liberal arts programs, education and journalism. For all intents and pu...