Sunday, March 1, 2015

The Newest war on History

http://www.alternet.org/not-entirely-new-republican-war-american-history?akid=12837.294211.MDk7BE&rd=1&src=newsletter1032584&t=24

Headline #1—"Oklahoma Republicans may have outlawed Advanced Placement courses":
Oklahoma Republican legislators are debating whether Advanced Placement courses should be taught in their state's public schools. Let's pause to absorb that, shall we? Oklahoma lawmakers do not want their state's students to be able to take classes that will allow them to earn college credit while still in high school, thanks to a far-right conspiracy theory about the College Board's latest AP U.S. History framework. One bill currently being considered would specifically ban the AP U.S. History course, while some legislators think that an anti-Common Core law passed last year may already apply to all AP courses.
Headline #2—Georgia Republicans latest to propose airing of right-wing propaganda as 'history' in public schools:

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