Tavares, FL August 27, 2014 by Vance Jochim at FiscalRangers.com
I will not rehash the articles below, so here is a list of the most recent ones on liberalized AP US History revisions by the liberal College Board. "AP" or advanced placement high school courses and exams are defined by the non-profit, private College Board. By redefining the exams to reflect a liberal interpretation to downplay American Exceptionalism, they can bypass state Education Dept. curriculums by issuing a "framework" of topics covered by exams that are not balanced. To get high scores on AP exams to earn college credits, high schools teachers and students would have to follow and learn only the liberal APUSH revisions.
NOTE: I also wrote an Aug. 19th article HERE in the national WatchDogWire.com news service about APUSH and how the Republican National Committee (RNC) approved a resolution to defund the College Board and delay roll out of the exams for a year, plus other conditions. HERE is the RNC webpage citing the resolution against the APUSH revisions.
See also my expanding factsheet on APUSH HERE. The items below will be added to it.
Recent APUSH References to August 26, 2014
from Vance Jochim
The issue of the College Board revamping the tests and "framework" (or curriculum outline) for the AP US History (APUSH) exam is still exploding. More research is uncovering more background information, such as the National Review article just below describing the entire history of how liberal history professors met years earlier and developed the new revisions to "internationalize" American History. That means a UN based "one world" approach downplaying the importance of America. That means to also degrade the importance of US culture and instead insert negative issues without balance to downplay the many positives of the American culture and history. So, prior articles saying that College Board President David Coleman implemented APUSH revisions are not entirely accurate. He ENABLED the revisions, but they have been in the works for years.
Aug. 25, 2014 - Stanley Kurtz article "How the College Board Politicized US History"
"The College Board’s new and vastly more detailed guidelines can only be interpreted as an attempt to hijack the teaching of U.S. history on behalf of a leftist political and ideological perspective. The College Board has drastically eroded the freedom of states, school districts, teachers, and parents to choose the history they teach their children. That is why this change must not stand."
Aug 22, 2014 - Townhall.com article on APUSH - written by recent APUSH test taking student
" Some of our most influential historical figures are hardly mentioned,
if at all.
George Washington is alluded to only once in the framework and it is in reference to his farewell address. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams are mentioned only in the “Long Essay Questions” section, where they are listed as examples to illustrate the lack of change in the upper class in the pre-Revolution and post-Revolution world."
Aug 22, 2014 - Foxnew report on Apush
Aug 25, 2014 - Article on APUSH authors started on revisions to "internationalize" APUSH in 2000 and used College Board
APIA List of resources and actions to stop implementation of APUSH - includes link to archive of audio of July 7, 2014 major teleconference on APUSH
Aug 15, 2014 Who wrote APUSH - College Board won't say
Aug 12, 2014 - APUSH - DailyCaller.com College Board moves to clarify APUSH
Aug 17, 2014
Aug. 8, 2014 - Republican National Committee (RNC) approves resolution condemning College Board revisions to APUSH and recommend delaying test roll out for one year and defunding College Board until investigations are complete.
The actual RNC August 8th resolution is here.
